Suggestions and instructions in reference to (1) sites (2) construction and arrangement of buildings (3) plans of lunatic asylums / issued by the Commissioners in Lunacy.
- Great Britain. Commissioners in Lunacy
- Date:
- 1870
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Suggestions and instructions in reference to (1) sites (2) construction and arrangement of buildings (3) plans of lunatic asylums / issued by the Commissioners in Lunacy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![4. Elevation of portions of the principal front, and also of any other parts, in which any variation therefrom takes*^ | place. 5. Transverse and longitudinal sections, or sufficient portions thereof to show the construction of every portion of the building. 6. Plan and section of one separate sleeping-room, dormitory, and eating or day room respectively, or of part of the same, showing the method of -warming and ventilating each; also of the baths and washing rooms, and waterclosets; ' and drawings and description of the windows and shutters. «<-> o cS o CO 00 o.a o 72 7. A specification giving a concise description of the whole of the intended works, and an estimate of the cost of the building. 8. The thicknesses of the walls, and the scantlings of the timbers of the floors and roofs, to be figured. 9. The general system of heating and ventilation, proposed to be adopted throughout the asylum, to be fully described in the drawings and specifications. 10. Each plan to show the several classes and numbers of patients to be accommodated, in the wards, day rooms, dormitories, single rooms, galleries, and airing courts, respectively, to which such plan relates. By order, Charles Palmer PniLLirs, Secretary. LONDON: rrinterl by Georoe E. Eyre and William Spottiswoo Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. [8704.—500.—3/70.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22303091_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
