The construction and maintenance of school infirmaries and sanatoria / prepared by the Council of the Medical Officers of Schools Association.

Date:
1888
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Credit: The construction and maintenance of school infirmaries and sanatoria / prepared by the Council of the Medical Officers of Schools Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    been boiled, or steeped in disinfectants be sent to th* “s™ -4 - ££ £ — tzz ;i,s should be removed within twenty-four hours tn 7 disposed of elsewhere. ’ t0 be ProPerly Ar^mlanep^As ^ r8*1* stretoher after the St. John’s main hah of fTC1h m- P m) “ay be usefulIJ keP* in the mam hall of the bmldmg. If suspended from hooks on the wall near a bot-water coil if win i t ^ use. ’ ' 11 b alwaJs dry and fit for (u) Size. The wards should varv in j? capable of accommodating two full-sized bedsteadTupwarS8 In the larger wards the beds may be arranged aTongTppost walls, and alternating with one another; but the number in any one ward should not exceed eight or ien as a maxTmum never be less tfan io t ]B7SPace- Tbe walls should 100 Luare fee^ of fl “ height' Each bed should have 1UU square feet of floor space allotted to it.* “ The lensrtb and breadth of each ward must be so calculated as to aTow bedfeontred in‘he should'brsfni bed+S °fa WMd i4 is ^irable that each from the wall slf “ taDd °Ut a °lear 10 or 12 inches air the wall, so as to encourage the free circulation of roomsThoultMi f the !UmitUr6 °f tbe wards and nurses’ fluting flnd^ b Strong’ PIam> and simple, and destitute of g and carving. The window blinds should be of a g ossy material dark blue in colour by preference. e bedsteads should be of iron, with a wire-wove soring permit of eaf 1 Si”gIe additional hair stress, so as to permit of easy cleaning and disinfection.” .,lar'Je' fu% ventilated wards, with walls 12 tn la w ■ . • , ~ this allowance of floor-space might be slightly reduced. gK (xi.) Wards.