Excerpt from Cottage Hospitals The ward to which the following observations refer is 60 feet by 30 feet, and 12 feet high, the ceiling higher in the middle than at the walls, with cubic feet of space, giving 113 square feet of flooring and cubic feet of space for each patient. It has five windows on each side. At the south end is the sun-room, 8 feet by 30, open or glazed as the season may require. The 16 beds in each ward (the hospital has 40 beds) are arranged with the head next the wall and about one foot from it, ...
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Excerpt from Cottage Hospitals The ward to which the following observations refer is 60 feet by 30 feet, and 12 feet high, the ceiling higher in the middle than at the walls, with cubic feet of space, giving 113 square feet of flooring and cubic feet of space for each patient. It has five windows on each side. At the south end is the sun-room, 8 feet by 30, open or glazed as the season may require. The 16 beds in each ward (the hospital has 40 beds) are arranged with the head next the wall and about one foot from it, well out of the way Of direct currents. Beneath each bed is an eight-inch pipe which rises about three inches above the floor and is connected beneath it with a foul-air duct leading to the ventilating chimney of 16 square feet area and 60 feet in height. The other ventilating apertures are the windows, of about 20 square feet each, with movable sashes, double in winter, with a deflecting board above the upper sash for the better distribution Of the incom ing air. Each Of these windows gives, when open, an area of nine square feet. There are two Openings in the ceiling of about 10 feet area each; in the middle of the ward is a chimney with fireplaces on two of its sides. They are frequently used in the mild weather of spring and fall. Above the ceiling are two trunks for ventilating the attics, and 14 openings On the sides, just beneath the eaves, and protected from the rain; when Open in summer these Openings allow of the free movement of the winds over the floor, materially cool ing it and the ceiling below. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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