ROUND THE FEVER-HOSPITAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 952, 20 October 1910, Page 9

ROUND THE FEVER-HOSPITAL.

ITS INTERIOR AND OUTLOOK.

; Almost, when going, through the . new fever ward; belonging .to the hospital at Newtown," one -'is-inclined; to thinls there can bo nothing so delightful; as that; of becoming an inmate for a time, - A long, one-storied .building, something in the shape of a half-moon, it lies among the 'low gently-swelling;. •' .green.. hills, that, -surround it on all sides but one; situated so that not a gleam of sunshine is lost. All.;, day' 1 long, jthe.:/patients,when , convalescent, can lie, bed and all, upon the wide and; .if., necessary, closed-iii- verandah that 'entirely.; surrounds the: building,.absorbing, the: life-giving: currents that are poured out in the sunshine. The whole scene -suggests, peace and 'rest,• and"*re-: moteness from the worlds most - desirablo. wlieii'strength is'at a• low ebb;, and - the inclination to tako up 'the threads of . life is' somewhat lacking. The outlook is almost entirely of,; green hills and hollows, save from; the front verandah, where it'spreads over the most attractive part of,-Newtown, giving vistas of green- trees aind red roof-tops, and beyond them the distant mountains, blue and ' Often, dim with sea haze. ..... /

' Inside tho .building, restfulness and yet cheerfulness-; are- suggested -by-, the - entire colour.scheme;'.carried.out in olive, green and cream. In every; ward it is tho same, the •lower;.cart of the' walls-being green;' ending -with a narrow ' band'' of dark green, and above that cream to tho ceiling. Tho latter are' delightful,: and to a sick- person' are distinctly' mere worth studying than'.the severely 'plain,, ones with which many wards are adorned, and which flll.' many : a; '-.pattent:"with violent hatred of their monotony. There are' also~roams" iii"' which'-' - severe' ''cases will -lie-kept-,- away,, from-.'- the - general - wards. The. fireplaces, are. very prettily *tiled, and ■ are most up-to-date in theiraiTangements. . ...Everyivher'e there aro windows,'principally' French windOw.s, a,nd one feels inclined to look upon the whole building as a.. monopolist -in the way of . air and light and spaciousness. A -notable thing that cannot, fail; to, strike. the most casual ■ observer is tho fact that there is not: a corner anywhere;' Everything is rounded;, even; where the floor and the; walls'- meet, so that there can. be no resting-place for dust, or for the exceedingly active ■ and evil-doing microbe. Decidedly/the woes of scarlet fever, .will surely be greatly lightened, for the .patient : who finds a harbourage- in the-new Fever; Hospital. 1 ~ ; 'The home for the nurses who aro in attdndanre at the now hospital stands upon a rise some distance from the'latter place, and from some of the windows up-, stairs a very fine- view is ' commanded' away, to,-the/south. Here the colouring of the; rooms issomewhat .varied,. :biit again, windows;: are. • everywhere. On coming from; the hospital they enter by -their own particular entrance; and special precautions havo -been- taken against the chances of: casing infection.' 1 The kitchen would ; simply .'delight tho soul, of any 'woman:,with ..a..spark,;of; housewifery... in her.', It "is; beautifully large, pink'walled, and; with every convenience that one could;wish for at: hand. The range is a very large affair, built out so. that the cook can get at everything without Deing-jieariyiroasM-whilV doing- -goraffd at .the : back/is tiled; with, red, -while above it is a kind.of canopy or roof with -pipes to take away, the steam. The wardrobes are most cunningly-con-trived things, having the'front; of. them,instead, of lieing closed in-as they.usually' are, made of a kind of wire grating; which, while admitting the air, does not allow, its contents to obtrude themselves upon the eyes of the visitor. Altogether, tho home, is one in which the nurses who are stationed there will • take u .groat deal.of'pleasure in. •

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