FEVER HOSPITAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 666, 17 November 1909, Page 3

FEVER HOSPITAL.

FINAL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS READY. TENDERS TO BE CALLED. ' ' ; . At a meeting of" the; Wellington Hospital Trustees held yesterday morning, Mr.' Jarnca Trevor raised the question as'to whethor tenders should not; now be' called for the crection of tho Fever Hospital. The chairman (tho Hon. C. M. Luke) 1 said there was now no causo'for doi ' : lay; tho plans and: specifications were all ready, and it only needed a resolution of tho board to ■ decide tho matter. . ! . '. , Thereupon Mr. Trevor moved, and Mr, A. ■ Smith seconded, that tenders for the Povor ' Hospital be called ;ut once. This motion was ' carried without dissent. 'It : was also decided ■: that tenders should close on Thursday throe 1 weeks. ... DESCRIPTION OP BUILDINGS. ■ ' , Tho new Fever Hospital and adjuncts are to lie erectt'd on n portion of the* old. Mount View — Mental Hospital reserve (acquired by the Hospital Beard' fot- thevpurpbso), opposite- the northerniend of Coromandel Street, a good way 1 to the rear'of the main hospital buildings. Since the. project was'. first mooted several 1 do-'-signs > havo been submitted. to the board ; by _tlic .Messrs. Crichton and-"/ Ji*Kay.To- n .certain -extent the "lay" s of tho building has. been designed to soititW & site. The building; as designed, is a long on*story rectangular- structure of brick and rough- ■ cast, 216 ft. in length by 44ft.. in. dejith, out instead: of. the frontage being' level, tho two mam sections'of tho building incline outwards at a slight angle;, joining in the middle at the central or main entrance. section of tho build- ■ ing. In fhis section are two small receiving', wards, for" males ■ and females, a nursed duty room, and at the rear a large kitchen wita . the usual annexes; Both main wings (mole and : female) are divided into threo wards, each 27ft. by '.!'2ft., with large doors opening iuto . one another, ■ and on the verandah which sor- ■ rounds the - buildins. In tlio front of the ; building tho verandah is 10ft. wide, and . ontrance is gained to the wards through spacious Prench doors, which play an important part in the ventilation of the'wards. . The verandah : is constructed on Unes that provide on adequate \ 1 shelter for convalescents, and at tho.sums time • provide for the admittance to the wards of a maximum of This is obtainod by sloping the verandah inwards (to tho building) and downwards; instead of outwards and down-' wards. This allows of a series of windows between the junctien .of tho wall and tho verandah and tho eaves through which tho sunlight— dreaded by all. evil baccilli—will stream > in. These windows can bo opened, so as. to provide • for a constant curreut of'.fresh air through tho chambers; ThV building, which is to be" finished in red - bfick and; rough cast, is :to have hollofr walls (as a damp preventive),, and a roof of' ; red ? -,tiles, which suit tho bungalow / style of structure, which, in the central seotion particularly,..fihows.;traccs ,of. Early'Eng. ■ ; lish naif-timber, style ,'of: architecture.;' The". • main floor'is, lifted .welloff tho. ground, so , as to permit'of the .free-passage of air beneath. ' Not-, far, away. an. isolaicd ..cottage jis. to' 1m erected for the sjiccial treatment and obsor> : .vation of special'cases. .It. is a ono-storied rod brick and' rough cast' cottage, having a frontage of 46ft. by a depth,of.-32ft.,.divided into : three rooms, haying .no .communication 'with , .each other; .;. ■''. : 'v ■ THE ADMINISTRATIVE .BIIILDING. , ■ The administrative building will'be a, plain < but picturesque two-storied residence, to be • erected in rM brick and rough'cast 1 in; the , half-timber styled It will (Stiver a : block of . . land 72ft. 1 by 6Sft.',: and 'will. be quite detached ' from any ether building; On the ground floor 1 there are rooms for tho matron and doctor, a nurses' dining-room, kitiheri, scullery, : waiting rooms, and dressing rooms. ; Tho last-named apartments are. for the use of the nurses when they come in' from. or. leave for. tW fever, hos- ' pital. When, they arrive • they disrobe,' their clothes - areiftimigatedii and. others are donned. : Upstairs are ■ eleven bedrooms';for the staff,, :' and also for .three or; four nkh-wf-'.': vants. : r .