THE GROUND PLAN. . The above is the ground plan of the new Fever Hospital, to be opened by the Minister for Public Health (Hon. G. Fowlds) this aftemoon,' showing the arrangements of wards, by whioh the different stages of disease are to be kept apart. The new Fever Hospital and adjuncts have been erected on a portion of the old Mount .View Mental Hos- A pital reserve (acquired by the. Hospital Board for the purpose), opposite the northern end of Coromandel Street, a good way to the rear of the main hospital buildings. To a certain, extent the ."lay" of the, building has been designed to suit the site. The.building is>a long one-story rectangular structure.of brick and rough-cast, 216 ft. in lengtb'by 44ft. in depth, but instead, of the frontage being level, the two main sections of the building incline outwards at a slight angle, joining in the middle of this central or main on. trance'' section of the building. In this section are two small receiving wards, for males and females, a -nurses' duty room and at the rear a large kitchen with tho usual annexes. Both main wings (male and female) are divided into three wards, each 27ft. by 22ft., with large doors opening into, one another, and on the verandah which surrounds the building. In the front.of,the building the'verandah is 10ft. wide, and entrance is'gained to the wards.through spacious French doors, which play1 an'important part in ■ the ventilation of the wards.. The verandah: is constructed on lines that provide an adequate shelter for convalescents, and! at the same time provide for the admittance to the wards of a maximum of sunshine. .This is obtained by sloping the verandah inwards (to the building) and downwards, instead of outwards and downwards. This allows of a series, of windows between the junction of the wall and the verandah'and the eaves through which the sunlight—dreaded by all evil baccilli—will stream in." These windows " can be opened, so as to provide for a constant current of fresh air through the.chambers. The building, which'is finished in red brick and rough-cast, has. hollow walls (as a damp preventive), and a roof of red' tiles, which suit'the bungalow style of structure, which, in the central section particularly, shows traces of Early English half-timber style of architecture. The main floor is lifted well off the ground, so as to permit of the free passage of air beneath. Messrs. Crichton and M'Kay are the architects.

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THE GROUND PLAN. . The above is the ground plan of the new Fever Hospital, to be opened by the Minister for Public Health (Hon. G. Fowlds) this aftemoon,' showing the arrangements of wards, by whioh the different stages of disease are to be kept apart. The new Fever Hospital and adjuncts have been erected on a portion of the old Mount .View Mental Hos- A pital reserve (acquired by the. Hospital Board for the purpose), opposite the northern end of Coromandel Street, a good way to the rear of the main hospital buildings. To a certain, extent the ."lay" of the, building has been designed to suit the site. The.building is>a long one-story rectangular structure.of brick and rough-cast, 216 ft. in lengtb'by 44ft. in depth, but instead, of the frontage being level, the two main sections of the building incline outwards at a slight angle, joining in the middle of this central or main on- . trance'' section of the building. In this section are two small receiving wards, for males and females, a -nurses' duty room and at the rear a large kitchen with tho usual annexes. Both main wings (male and female) are divided into three wards, each 27ft. by 22ft., with large doors opening into, one another, and on the verandah which surrounds the building. In the front.of,the building the'verandah is 10ft. wide, and entrance is'gained to the wards.through spacious French doors, which play 1 an'important part in ■ the ventilation of the wards.. The verandah : is constructed on lines that provide an adequate shelter for convalescents, and! at the same time provide for the admittance to the wards of a maximum of sunshine. .This is obtained by sloping the verandah inwards (to the building) and downwards, instead of outwards and downwards. This allows of a series, of windows between the junction of the wall and the verandah'and the eaves through which the sunlight—dreaded by all evil baccilli—will stream in." These windows " can be opened, so as to provide for a constant current of fresh air through the.chambers. The building, which'is finished in red brick and rough-cast, has. hollow walls (as a damp preventive), and a roof of red' tiles, which suit'the bungalow style of structure, which, in the central section particularly, shows traces of Early English half-timber style of architecture. The main floor is lifted well off the ground, so as to permit of the free passage of air beneath. Messrs. Crichton and M'Kay are the architects.