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used for acute cases, two wards on the first storey for convalescent patients, and, besides
these, two sheds capable of accommodating more than thirty patients. There is a well-
fitted dispensary, a store-room, a House-Surgeon's Office, and a Manager's Office
fitted with a telephone; also a large godown and a cooks' store-room. There is a large
well-ventilated kitchen and a similar stable, where an ambulance fitted with a stretcher
for bringing patients to the Hospital and an ambulance for removing the dead to the
Towers of Silence are kept. During the epidemic, the corpse-bearers are also kept
on the premises. Above the stable there are also big quarters for the servants.
The total number of patients that can be accommodated at a time is about 100.
There are also quarters for the House-Surgeons and the Nurses in the same premises.
Conservancy.
There are ten latrines attached to the building.
These latrines are kept apart from the wards, and Bhanghis are kept con-
stantly on duty day and night, and the night-soil is removed by them to an iron cart,
kept about 150 yards from the Hospital building, with due precaution for disinfection
and destroying the virulence of the excreta of patients especially. Under no circum-
stances are patients permitted to use the latrines used by the staff. They have to pass
their motions in bed-pans on or near their beds, and proper disinfection is carried out
previous to disposal. The sewage goes to the Municipal drains attached to the
bungalow.
Disinfection of Clothes.
The clothes are all disinfected in a strong solution of pheuyle or iodine, and
then washed with boiling solution of washing soda, and thoroughly exposed to the sun
before being delivered to the Dhobhi. The things that cannot be washed, e.g., much
soiled garments, bandages, surgical dressings, napkins, draw-sheets, &c., &c., are
burnt at once.
The water-supply of the Hospital is derived from the Municipal pipes.
Disinfection of Wards, &c., &c.
When a case is found in a very critical condition, the patient is at once removed
to one of the special wards (called the "Danger Ward") where deaths usually take
place. Under all circumstances, all the clothing belonging to these cases is burnt,
and the floor and walls are covered with unslaked lime powder, and lime-washed,
respectively; and a "siggree" is kept burning on the spot for several hours, and the
windows of the room are kept open day and night.
The Hospital is cleansed thoroughly twice a day, and every week it is washed,
and lime-washed every month, and kept open to the sun and air before the wards are
utilized again for patients.
For disinfection of the premises, thorough cleansing with washing-soda solution
and plenty of lime-sprinkling on the floor is relied upon always.
For clothing, the disinfectant used is a strong solution of phenyle and iodine
solution.
For cleaning hands and for surgical dressings iodine solution is also freely used,
and in some cases carbolic acid solution, 1 in 40 in strength,
There is no steam disinfector attached to this Hospital.
Disposal of the Dead.
The dead patient is immediately removed to a special room kept for the purpose,
and the special ambulance is quickly ordered to be in readiness, and within ten
minutes after death the body is removed in the carriage to the Towers of Silence.