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fashionable public who are accustomed to go out for an airing. The gardens are
bounded on the other side by the B. B. & C. I. Railway Line and the Charni Road
Station of the same Railway Company.
The hospital consists of five sheds, three of which are semi-permanent structures ;
and the remaining two are temporary ones. The two temporary sheds, each measur-
ing 32' by 24', are constructed of bamboo-mats and cadjan with a plinth of one foot and
lime-washed ceiling, and each of them can accommodate 8 beds. One of the sheds
was also lime-washed externally, in order to protect the occupants effectively from the
outside heat.
Two of the semi-permanent sheds, which are the gift of Messrs. Thakersi Moolji
& Sons, have planked walls and corrugated iron-roof, with one foot plinth, and each
measuring 40' by 24'. The corrugated iron roofs are covered with cadjan as a protec-
tion from heat. The wards are fitted with large windows and wooden flaps next the
floor. Each of the sheds is divided into three compartments, and each compartment
can accommodate 6 beds. The floor as well as the walls were lime«washed from time
to time. The third semi-permanent shed is constructed on the Swiss cottage princi-
ple, which has been very much approved of late by the Authorities, It measures 35
by 16', and has got a high plinth measuring two feet and-a-half. When the windows
are closed they stop the breeze completely without disturbing the ventilation. The
hospital can accommodate nearly 60 patients in all. One shed measuring 24' by 24',
with a verandah of four feet, accommodates the office and the dispensary. Quarters
are provided for the Nurse, the House Surgeon, the Hospital Assistants and Com-
pounders. Two sheds each measuring 40' by 14' with a verandah of 4 feet are set
aside for contacts. Each of these consists of 4 rooms. They give accommodation to
nearly 30 persons. A separate shed is provided for the kitchen and the stores, and
the bhangis are provided with quarters in a separate shed,
4. There are latrines with five seats provided by the Municipality. They are
used by the Hospital servants and the contacts. They are kept clean and disinfected
with phenyle solution and sanitas powder. The night-soil is carried to the depot by a
bhangi, and the sullage water for which a cesspool has been built is taken away in a
Municipal cart.
The patient's excreta were collected in bedpans ; a small quantity of some dis-
infectant, such as Chloride of Lime, Iodine Perchloride solution, was put in each pan
before use. After use the pan was taken out of the ward and emptied in a basket
kept specially for the purpose of collecting the patients' excreta which was ultimately
taken to the dep6t.
The clothing, blankets, and other articles of the sick persons are disinfected by
steeping them in boiling water for nearly 12 hours, and then they are kept in a large
cask 'Containing Hydrargyri Perchloride solution for 6 hours. They are then dried
in the sun and handed over to dhobie for washing.
5. The water is supplied by the Municipality from pipes laid by them.
6. The walls, floor, and ceiling of the wards are first of all disinfected with
Hydrargyri Perchloride solution and then washed with chunam. The floors of the
wards are paid particular attention, and they are frequently lime-washed and Chloride
of Lime and Dry Chunam was sprinkled over them. The disinfectants generally used
in this Hospital are Phenyle, Iodine Perchloride solution, Chloride of Lime, Sanitas
powder, and Carbolic and Hydrargyri Perchloride solution of the strength 1 in 1000.
The clothes of the patients are disinfected in the premises of the Hospital com-
pound and they are not sent to the disinfecting station.