THE NEW BUILDINGS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12588, 19 October 1911, Page 2

THE NEW BUILDING S.

By deciding to call tenders for the erection, of an uji-torclate. hospital according to the. design *of iAfekpiS*'-. Atttins' >and. Bfltcon, the. *ellknown ifirm, - qf^ a-r«hit^cts,...Wellii^g.ton, .tlip Gppk' Ho'spitat a'ndYCharitable "Aid Bpard have en-' ■te'recl'Upbn" tin important and progressive movement '-in* connection-'.^ with < hospital administration. The new institution ris designed on the ."unit system," and embodies the .very latest ideas iii, hospital,., building,'. and 'the ; architects have laid; the plans... of, au institution of which the district may well be'proud, and at which the unfortunate .'sjck • may .have the benefit, of . the very best medical and -scientific aid; It > will be erected' on a plateau at- Mangapapa, which affords -a splendid* situation. A sketch of the proposed institution ., was given m. < our > columns when i the preliminary,-.plahs were approved of in' April lust, but tis "there have' been ' several alteration's, made, during, the: -interim • a further 1 review of the projected building , will, m i'iew ofr the fact .that « the 1 work, is [ to be proceeded 'with, no doubt be read with interest. "'..'. ' The hospital will *be approached by Toad access from three, 'directions-nH ill street, which has ,been formed by Mr \V. J... McLiskie, and • passes round above his house, a road m front •' of Mr Clayton's residence, , and finally a road , approach from the back , via Mr Von - Pein's. [ The two -former ' roads---, junction.- on i the -top of the ■ tableland ;, at a< ' point :• where the care- • taker's residence'., is located. From here 'the ' carriage drive leads up to the main institn- ■ tion buildings,* On> the right-j' located towards the edge of .the Jabldarid,;, and. commanding a , magnificent view -ot- the town and- district; are : I the resident* medical 'superintendent's ■'* house : and. the nurses' home. On the left will stand . I the .'-caretaker's residence, workshop, stables, ' | etc.,.; which the', plaps show. >vill be v -nicely. 10-, ■ cat'ed ■ behind -a snrubbery; .Proceeding a Kttle ; . further the carriage: dr(ve joins , another drive, horseshoe iri design.' To- the fight, 'or ; easterly I aspect, it leads to the main buildings, whilst 1 ,to the left it approaches the isolation buildi ings,. which' will stand on the western portion ' of the plateau. A little further on again, the [ drive divides again, a tradesmen's entrance to 1 the domestic department of the institution branching dff to the left.. The hospital proper will be a single storey building of four units, joined together by a corridor about 300 ft m length. Arriving by the carriage drive one will, alight at the administration block. Entering the entrance .hall there .tis "-. tlje. > superintendent's, room, committee room, writing room, -dispensary, etc. The main, to the right takes one to the matron's quarters, ' o convenient suite, of four rooms, opening out on to, the women's court., Continuing along* the -corridor past the matron's quarters the children's ward-* will open, out on to the southern l end of the block. On the .opposite side of the corridor access will be gained to the womeri'dv medical". -ward unit, ' Comprising access to corridor, two single and 'one double, bed separation wards, nurses' kitchen, cupboards tor linen and patients' clothing, larder for .coal and wood and a main ward measuring 24ft .by 101 ft;. having a side \ verandah 10 feet wide facing the court and a 12ft verandah at the northern end, with access on either side to the', bat h-robmß* sink and other conveniences. Such forms one unit, of which there-are, four, rand they abut end on to the corridor, and /each unit has accommodation for 14 patients.. , Continuing then along the corridor one ;reaches the house-9urgeon's block, . for the , senior andk junior house -surgeons, with sittingrooms, parlors and accessories. The House surgeon's quarters are on. the south, and there are two>:.sihglet *'nß;one -threshed' spe&al' wards on the h6rthern.. -court, 1 which -, divides the two women's units from the two men's units. The I first men's,, ward unit reached .is the surgical ward. Opposite it, on , the other . side of the corridor, -is situated the operation department, ' comprising, an accident examination room, laboratory, X«ra^s room,- doctors', nurses' and instrument rooms,' sink room and sterilising Topm.:-' Further along the corridor, again, and .forming the second side to the men's court? •'will,- be situated the men's medical ward. Across tlie. jcprridpt ,f com -.thiß -there- will ■• be , trie domestic department of the institution, ■ comprising,.. kitchen, nurses' dining-room, serI very, stores", 'etp,, /all conveniently arranged. /Thife portion ; of the. building will be a two-: story structure, the floor being taken !up ;■ with bedyoom* accommodation for the* scrj vants„ .Whilst thesmaln structure will be 'ol .one story, the walls will be lofty, and the domestic, block will therefore be m keeping -with the main arChitecfiiirtil design. > -Beyond the meHte,Unedicftlvoard ; there* is 'pr 6 vision for iuture . extension. Additional. wards arid accessories may be erected m uniformity with the •general design- 'hs required. Each ward is provided :jWith verandah accommodation, bath.rooms,' «ttitl->* all' the * necessary Each has its independent -ward 'kitchen, oiie and two-bed wards', linen" 'clipboard etc Leaving, the main hospital and proceeding round ■the neatly laid-out drive to. the. isplation.quar* ters, there tare a*<"s'et of .separate buildings. 1 'The plan makes provision for a carefiuiydesigned building for the nurses m. attendance on infectious patients. Beyond again, are two i n i. e .? tio > llH „.X ards - , The n«rses* home measures I 170 ft by >Mtj, and jwlll.: be two^sWeyg high. I The sis.t.er-J'matronYwill- be 1 ' m "charge, There are sitting-rooms, waiting-room, dining-room and a complete kitchen arid/, secants' quarters. This building will have throe verandahs. Two ' entrances ase p^viUed whereby the night .nurses wi)l 'not be disturbed m their ! earned, rest during the^day. ( Altogether the, main Hospital provides accommodation for 136 patients. The structures throughout will be erected m brick. ■ The drainage is on the separate system, and/ the sewerage will he treated eeptically. It is considered to ,be t\\e best system possible. A' water-storage' tank with a capacity for 20.Q00 •gallops is .prodded, at>;au/elevat'on of 50' feet, "so that there will be ample pressure through* out. The hot water svsterii will be by a .-.power water boiler, with the service supple•wented by auxiliary cylinders to each unit. ■ . Tne laundry is arranged on the bias's of a com. piete steam lßundi'y, ...._.