Hospitals, infirmaries, and dispensaries : their construction, interior arrangement, and management, with descriptions of existing institutions / by F. Oppert.

  • Oppert, Franz.
Date:
1883
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    accommodate 64 patients each. The axis of the buildings lies from north to south; they are constructed of red bricks with glazed terra-cotta linings. The largest distance between two buildings is 160 feet. The large wards contain 2 8 beds, are 9 5 feet long, 15 to 16 feet high, and 28 feet wide, the cubic space allotted to each inmate therefore surpasses 2000 cubic feet. The arrangements of the smaller rooms adjoining the wards may be seen in the diagram. The baths vary a little in number. In most of the wards the Fig. 58.—Veetical Section of a Two-storied Pavilion. A. Stove. B. Flue. heating is by coils of water-pipes of a large size arranged in the centre. In some wards heated air enters from below, where also water-pipes are found. There are chimneys, especially in the con- valescent wards, but they are not used. The ventilation is by a ridge in the ceiling of the single-storied pavilions, also by extraction of vitiated air into the largest flue. There are two isolation-pavilions for patients with infectious diseases ; they contain a number of small wards. There you find floors made of bricks and layers of cement. Most floors are of wood, deal and oak being fitted one into the other. A new operating theatre is just finished. The wash-house and kitchen are arranged on improved principles. There are two clinical directors, one at the head of the medical, the other of the surgical department; and there is a managing director (Verwcdtungs Director). In some of the pavilions junior medical officers are accommodated. Q