Approved plans and specifications for post hospitals / Surgeon General's Office.

  • United States. Surgeon-General's Office.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Approved plans and specifications for post hospitals / Surgeon General's Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    W^IR, ZDIEZP^^TnVUIElNrT Washington, D. C., October 20, 1877. The following plans and specifications for the erection of Post Hospitals are this day approved. GEO. W. McCRARY, Secretary of War. CIRCULAR 1STo. lO. WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General’s Office, October 20, 1877. The following plans and specifications, approved this day by the Secretary of War, are published for the information of Officers of the Army: I.—Approved Plan for a Regulation Post Hospital of 24 Beds.—Plates A, B, C, D. This hospital consists of a central administration building and two wards arranged as wings. The wing for each ward will be 45 feet 8 inches long, by 25 feet 4 inches wide and 15 feet high in the clear from floor to ceiling. For very cold climates the height may be reduced to 12 feet, in which case the length will be increased to 50 feet. Attached to each ward, and at the outer end and behind, will be a room for earth-closets, as shown in plans. The administration building will be 36 feet 4 inches front, by 40 feet 4 inches deep, and two stories high, with a back building 43 feet 8 inches by 15 feet 4 inches. Each story of this building will be 13 feet high from floor to ceiling. A veranda 10 feet wide will surround the hospital as shown in plans. In hot climates the wards will be detached from main building, remaining connected with it by the veranda only, which will thus entirely surround the ward. The back building will be separated in like manner. The plan of the first floor, the designations and dimensions of rooms, and the positions of doors, chimneys, windows, and beds are shown on Plate A; the plan and dimensions of the second floor on Plate B; the front and side elevations of the building on Plate C. The sections are shown on Plate D. II.—Approved Plan for a Regulation Post Hospital of 12 Beds. Same as number I, except that one ward will be omitted. III.—Approved Plan for a two-stor-y Regulation Post Hospital of 12 Beds. Designed especially for malarious regions or for posts where it is desirable that a ward shall be in the second story. This hospital will consist of a building two stories high, 78 feet 10 inches long, 26 feet 4 inches wide, with a veranda 10 feet wide extending entirely around the building. The arrangement, designation, and dimensions of rooms, and the position of chimneys, doors, windows, and beds are shown on Plates E and F; the front elevation on Plate G; the side elevation and section on Plate H.