CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 49

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time so

that

be

ward would be occupied at one in reality the cubic space per bed may taken at double the figures given.

It is proposed to have six inlet flues

between the windows in the male ward.

and four

in the female

one

louvred ventilators

along

the

and open

roof ridge to

run the entire length of each ward, with shutters to close during the cool season

when required.

There are two fire places

in each ward. The present empty rooms adjoining will be subdivided by partitions into lobbies, bathrooms, closets and slop sinks of the same construction as those falready described and trapped and _____

ventilated in like

The lobby

intervening between the mards and closets

will have cross ventilation and a central

ventilating passage without doors at either end effectually divides one set of closets from

the other. A Front verandah will be added to the Building ending

in the

the nurses room

at each end as shewn tinted red in in the

ventilation

Drawing . The ward ofloors will be of hardword oiled and beeswaxed with ample beneath the joists, while those of verandahs,

-passages, lobbies, bathrooms and closets will

вс

of white Canton marble. Baths and

closets

can

have moveable teak gratings

to lay on the ofloors

on the floors in cold weather. Interior wall surfaces will be of Portland cement and the sloping ceilings of hardwood

like those of the second floor wards in the General Hospital.

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