Evening star., 1899-01-28
CARE OF CONTAGIOUS
Modern Hospital Building Which is
Nearing Completion.
DESCRIPTION OF THE STRUCTURE
Part of Construction Fund Donated
by Daisy Chain Guild.
7 HE WARD UILDIN GS

One of the hospitals provided by Congress
for the treatment of minor contagious dis
eases is approaching completion. 1t is situ-
ated en- Sherman avenue, il the rear of the
Garfield Memor 1 Hospital, and will be un-
der the management of that institution. In
addition to the funds provided by the gov
ernment, $4,000 was contributed by the
Daisy Chain Guild, an organization of chill
dren, under the direction OF Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins, and one of the buildings contem-
plated is designated the Daisy Chain
Hospital
The plans were drawn by Mr.. Appleton P.
Clark, jr., architect, and the buildings were
erected by Mr.. w. E. Speir contrac ctor
The hospital consists of three structures,
an administration building and two pavil-
ions, for diphtheria and scarlet fever pa
tients, respectively.
The administration building contains in
the eastern end a receiving ward for the
reception of cases awaiting developments
or diagnosis. In the western end, also is
an 1SOlating ward, fC- the treatment of
mixed case any other contagious disease
which might arise in the institution. Both
OF these iSolating wards are entered from
the outside and have no direct communica-
ton with the rest of the building, and each
one is complete in itself with private bath
room, nurses room and ward kitchen.
On the first floor of the administration
a
ton room and Office for use of the public;
also the resident physicians quarters; on
the rear of the building is the general
kitchen and servin5 pantry.
The Boilers.
In the basement is located the battery of
three boilers and hot water apparatus Two
of the boilers will be used for heating and
one will be a hgh-pressure boiler to drive
the engines and washing machines and 9TH
er laundry appliances which occupy the
rear half of the basement One of the i'm
portant features introduced will be the ster-
ilizer, where all the laundry will be subject
ed to treatment by steam under twenty
pounds pressure and 2J0 degrees of heat,
effectively destroying all CONTAGIOUS germs
The second and third stories of this build
ing Will contain the living rooms of the
nurses and servants, the building being di-
Vided on these floors into two distinct parts
with no connection between. the attendants
of the diphtheria patients being confined to
one side and scarlet fever on the other
Separate pantries. dining and sitting rooms
are provided for each. Every practicable
precaution will be taken to prevent the
transmission of diphtheria to the scarlet
fever patients or vice versa.
The ward buildings are the same in plan
Public patients are cared for on the first
floor, there being two wards of five beds
each and three isoating rooms The pri-
vate patients rooms are in the second floor
seven in number in each building On each
iiooi tHeie are d Wdrd Klchen, linen closets,
broom closets, nurses duty rooms baths
etc.
Marble Work.
The stairs and halls. toilet and bath
rooms are laid with marble "granita" and
bases with cored angles so that they may
be readily washed down and have no
cracks to harbor dirt or germs. All partI-
tions are solid, and walls and ceilings fin
ished with adamant plaster. Every room
and ward has open brick fireplaces. with
Bunsen burners to create ventilation
A large filtec will purify all of the water
used in the premises.
The exterior design is of red brick laid In
white mortar with white terra Gotta trim
mings, the roofs being of slate The gen.
eral character is a blending of colonial and
English features, producing a pleasing and
harmonious effect, and rather relieves the
air which generally pervades
such buildings.