Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-01-08
REPORT:

AL commencing tnelr GutleS, the DlFec.
tors became sensible that perfect knowl
edge of the subject entrusted to them
could be obtained only by personal ex.
animation of the most extensive and best
conducted Institution of the kind. The i'm
provements recently made in the construc
tion Of Hospitals for the Insane, having
reference to their comfort and classified.
tion IN particular, heve been soimportant
as TO change materially the former char
acer Of these establishments. Such I'm.
provements have not been described with
sufficient accuracy 10 convey to others a
correct idea Of their nature and extent
Under these circumstances, the directors
visited and examined the principal Luna
tic Hospital, at Worcester. Various al.
teraiions, taken from other institutions,
Orsuggested by those connected with them
have been made in this plar, all of which,
it is believed, will prove Of decided advan
tage.
The structure will consist Of a centre
building and two wings, all extend upon
the same front, and measuring 26G feet.
The centre, or principal ediice, will be
81 feet long, by As feet IN width, three
stories and an attic in height, and orna.
mented in front with plain portico, sup
ported by four Ionic columns. The wings
will extend TO the right and left of the cen
ire building. They are each 30 feet 6
inches in front, by 100 feet in the rear,
>, 20 feet wide and 3 stories high. They
recede twenty four feet from the front line
and are so united to the opposite ends Of
the centre structure, by one half their
width, that the corresponding hall, or 10
feet 6 inches, will fall beyond its rear
This arrangement disconnects halt the
end Of euch wing from the rear Of the cen
ire building entirely, permitting, by
means Of a large window, the free circula
tIon Of external air throughout The long
wings, and thus securing the more per
feet ventilation Of separate buildings,
while, at the same time, free cOmmuni.
cation, by starways and thoroughtares,
is preserved between both the struc-
lures.
The centre ediice, together with the
wings, is 10 be built Of brick, upon base
merit OF stonework, Z feet high. The
middle part Of The basement will contain
the Kitchen, Baking, Washing Iron
ing and Dryingrooms. That portion un'
der the Wings, is designed for the reposi-
tory Of iueI and provision stores. Also
for workshops. in which certain of the in
sane may be occasionally employed in
some manual occupation.
The centre part Of the establishment
will be chiefly appropriated to the officer:
and domestics of The institution, and tc
such patients as may, from time TO time
become conValIescent. The front part O
the first story will be divided into foul
rooms Of convenient size. They will bt
occupied by the physician, The Apotheca
ry's shop, The Library, and as ordinary
sitting and dining rooms, by the Steward
and Family. The chambers in each sto
Ty, Immediately over the two middle
rooms and the sleeping apartments into
which tho attic may be subdivided, are in
tendedfor the Stewards family, aud ioI
such lOborcrs and domesics as must, ne
cessarlly, be employed about so exten
sive an establishment. The four latera
apartments, remaining in the front Of the
second and third stories, will be exclu
sively reserved for the convaIescent pa
tients. In the rear part of each story
there are yet two rooms, which lie upon 0
direct line with the long balls 10 the
wings; in these the several classes of pa
tienIs will partake of their daily meals.
The wings in each story are opeHe(
throughout their centre by corridors ol
long halls Ia feet wide, both ends of which
communicate with the external air, by
means of large windows. This admits
oil the most perfect ventilation. Oh each
side of these halls are placed the apart
ments of the insane. They are eighteen
in number, in each story of both the
q wings. Every room is TO he S feet wide
by 10 feet deep, in the clear. Each roon
is to accommodate single patient, anC
will be provided with bed and perma
nent scat fixed in the angle of the walls
Each chamber has door and one largC
window with an upper and lower cas-
Iron sash, securely fixed in the frame o
lhe window. The upper sash is glazed
tbe lower one rs not. Immediately win
in the lower one is wooden sash, als'
glazed, and corresponding IL shape an
appearance with the lower cast iron sash
This can he raised up or let down at plea
ure, and without the prison like appear
ance Of iron bars This construction {
the window insures every advantage {
security, neatness and durability, and Q
4. lo,,,, th1 at;ant The usa and pnioVtman