Description of the models of hospitals / J.J. Woodward.
- Army Medical Department
- Date:
- 1876
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Description of the models of hospitals / J.J. Woodward. 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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![duty, Ac, is performed by convnlesconts, who are really patients iu the hospital. 'The gi-eatest capacity of the hospital proper is 1098 beds. The present capacity of the hos]>ital, however, is nnich greater, 200 beds having been placed in the corridors, and «()() iu hospital tents pitched in the hospital grounds, thus making the total number of beds upwards of 2000. Each ward has a diidng-rooiii and pantry at its. inner extremity next the corridor, and a imrd-mantej-'s room, lavatory, water-closet, and bath-room at its outer extremity. ' • _ _ In addition to these, small galleries have been put up iu the outer extremities of the wards, covering the entries, &c., for the ])urpose of stowing away articles thfi. might otherwise encumber the wards. In the ward-master's room are closets for placing the ward clothing, and in the extremity of the entry dividing the above little offices large closed boxes have been constructed for receiving soiled clothing. Dress- ing closets, boxes, and cupboards have been added from time to time to facilitate the working of the wards and provide eveiy convenience for the inmates. Each ward is, in fact, a comi^lete hospital within itself, except kitchen and dispensary. The Comviissary Indlddng is situated on the western front of the hospital. It is 111 feet long, 2-1 feet wide, and 25 feet high. It contains in the lower story two store-rooms, an ice-house and meat-room, cellar for keejnng ale, porter, and milk, offices for the commissary steward, mess-room for the hospital stewards, and paint-shop. On the second floor it contains 2 knapsack-rooms, an office, bath-room, and dormitory. The Quarteiinaster's building is situated on the western front of the hospital. It is ill feet long, 24 feet wide, and 25 feet high, and contains 2 store-rooms well jDro- vided with shelving, an office, dormitory, and green-room on the first floor; on the second floor, a store-room, guard-barracks, and prison room. The Engine-hffiise is one story high, and is situated on the western front of the hospital, between the Quartermaster's building and laundry. It is 40 feet long, 1!) feet wide, and 17 feet high. There is a small additional building attached to it, used as coal-bins, with a capacity of 20 tons. Fourteen feet of the main building is par- titioned off for engineers' quarters, leaving the boiler-room 2G by 19 feet. There is a bench with vice attached, and all the necessary tools for making repairs. There are 2 tubular boilers, locomotive pattern, 10 feet long, with 38 two-inch tubes. The draft is through underground flues leading to the smoke-stack; the stack is 45 feet high. The boilers are 10-horse power each, and supply the steam for bathing, cook- . ing, and washing purposes, and for running 2 steam pumps, 1 of 5-horse power, used in case of fire; the other, a 10-horse power pump, for supplying the building with water from the wells. The Kitchen building is situated at the middle of the western front of the hospital. It is 172 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 28j high, and is composed of 2 stories. The Laundi'y is situated at its western extremity. The cooking-room is 90 feet long; a small store-room is attached to it, and it is well provided with sinks, hot and cold water, cupboards, closets, &c. The arrangements are ample and convenient for the original capacity of the hosj)ital, but the tent-wards have special cooking ari'ange- raents. The cooking in the general kitchen is done by means of 2 large ranges, 2 cooking-stoves, and 2 double-jacketed steam-boilers. The laundry is 74 feet long. It is well furnished, and the washing accommoda- tions are ample, there being 24 stationary wa.sh-tubs, each having 2 faucets, 1 for cold water, the other for the .steam with which it is heated. There are 2 lai'ge steam- Ijoilers for boiling clothes and making soap. The laimdry contains also an office for the chief matron, a drying-room, ironing-room, and the room for dirty clothing; above the laundry, in the second story, is the linen-room. The whole laundry is divided from the kitchen by a (J-foot entry. Five thousand pieces of clothing per week have been washed in the laundry, with an average of 25 washing women. It may be added, however, that a considerable amount of clothing has now to be issued to laundries outside of the hospital. Over the kitchen and laundry are dor- mitories for the employes of those departments. The Htable is also situated at the western front of the hospital, between the laundry and commissary building. It is convenient and comfortable, having stalls for four liorses, caiTiage-house, and mow above capable of holding 10,000 lbs. of straw. The Printing office and Paint nhop arc; on the first floor of tlie commissary build- ing; the former is ftiriiislied with a small press, with clinso 9 by 11 inches. It is \v(\\ supplied with type and all printing appliances. All the printing of the hospital](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22280558_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
