Notes on hospitals / by Florence Nightingale.

  • Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Notes on hospitals / by Florence Nightingale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wards in the pavilions, there are four small wards of eight beds each, placed on the sides of the court. They are pro- vided with nurses' rooms, scullery, water-closet, &c. The front of the hospital contains the administrative offices, and quarters for the director, medical officer, matron and sisters not attached to the beds. This part is two floors in height. The chapel is placed as in the Lariboisiere plan, and on each side of it are the general baths of the establishment. In this same part of the hospital are two day-rooms, also kitchen, stores, and other offices. It will be observed that the only buildings which exceed one floor in height are the administration, the two pavilions, and the chapel. And although there is a closed court, the sides of the court consist essentially of one floor buildings. The general bathing arrangements, day-rooms, and exercising grounds, are all made in conformity with the principles already stated. Taken as a whole, the building has been well considered in its details, and will, no doubt, prove a healthy structure. If children's hospitals are to be built at all, this is the kind of plan that should be adopted. But every variation from it will require as much careful consideration as was bestowed on the original plan. Note on the Attendance required in Children's Hospitals. If the nurses' quarters ought to be separate in a military hospital, cer- tainly the men's ought to be separate in a child's hospital. Not one woman more than is absolutely essential ought to be in a military hospital. Not one man more than is absolutely necessary ought to be in a children's hospital. The only men who ought to sleep in a child's hospital are— 1. Resident medical officer (supposed to be a man of weight and experience). 2. Porter (who should be as far off the wards as possible).