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and three sections of clinical and patho-
logical buildings; 4, first-fioor plan and ele-
walton of one of the longer sides Of a typi-
cal ward building of the general hospital
1t is proposed that the two large tubercu-
losis ward buildings. three stories high. are
to be grouped separately from the single
high
Program Of Competition.
Other provisions In the program Of COM
petition have been announced az follows:
1.-The length Of all the tuberculosis ward
buildings should run east and west. As
ample area az other conditions may admit
shall be provided about these buildings.
THE several buildings for the contagious
|. hospital should be grouped with regard to
buildings. for avoidance Of contagion. and
to have separate approach to the admins
tration building from thoroughfare.
The he. clinical and pathological euldinss
ing theater to give about ITO students
seats: surgeons ROOM $50 square feet. with
wash, toilet and shower bath rooms adjofn-
ing. There are to be eighteen clothes lock-
ers in wash room. Three operating rooms.
$50 square feet each. One operating room,
500 square feet. with west and north lfgnt.
Four etherizing rooms Rooms for instru.
ments, instrument washing, preparation OF
bandages and steriltzing. conveniently ad-
joining the operating theater. Recovery
rooms for both sexes, with toilet rooms.
toilet. 27O square feet. House officers
room, with toilet 270 square feet. Patho-
logical laboratory for surgical section, SS4
square feet. X-ray room. adjoining above.
Recovery room for surgical patients, $40
square feet. with four examinations in con-
necton Herewith. 3S4 square feet each.
Medical amphitheater, to seat about 900 stu
dents, the space to north under the seats to
be utilized for clinical and pathological
laboratories, and additional space for these
purposes to give total Of 5000 square feet
for laboratory purposes. Four waiting
rooms for patients. $50 square feet each
conveniently accessible to the medical am
phitheater.
In second story above the medical am
phtheater, &C.. shall be placed the autopsy
amphitheater. to seat from IS to 100 stu
dents. Adjoining this amphitheater Is to be
a morgue providing for accommodation of
II bodies in refrigerating boxes, and pri-
vate autopsy rooms. Conveniently located
in regard to the autopsy department Is to
be chapel. This building need not be
given prominent location. Separate sta ~
cases to the amphitheaters for the use q
students must be provided. and also one to
main corridor OF the operating section. The
students entrances will be in the basement.
where their toilet rooms. &C.. will be pro-
vided.
1T is left to the competitors Judgment
whether the requirements for the clinical
and pathological buildings shall be met IN
separate structures or In single group
THE ward buildings for general hospital
are to be two stories In height, with base
ment floor not more than four feet below
grade. clear height In basement of ten feet
fourteen feet; the allowance Of cubic air
space to be not less than 900 cubic feet
per bed
There shall be on each floor OF each ward
building one ward Of twenty beds: one
isolation ward: one convalescents' dining
room of 100 square feet area; serving room
with food lift; duty room toilet rooms, in
Guiding accommodations for nurses; linen
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The block of the plan developed is to be
used in the location OF the required walls
upon the block plan.
1.-The administration building is to be To-
Gated on the axis OF Kansas avenue, and Is
to be designed to meet the needs Of a hos
pital Of about 900 BEDS exclusive Of the
contagious department.. for which sep
arate administration building is to be pro
vided. The utilization Of the basement Is
not TO be considered on these sketches.
ION the first floor are waiting room for
the public; the general office, with connect
ed office and file room and vault; private
adjoining waiting room; office for
the superintendent Of nurses, tele-
phone exchange room, coat room for visit
ors. waiting room for the staff, with toilet
room adjoining: a pharmacy, with drug
store room adjoining. and requisite toilet
rooms. On the second floor house officers
dining room, with serving room, library
reading room and Iounging room for the
house officers On the third floor. single
sleeping rooms and toilet rooms for thirty
house officers. An elevator. primarily for
patients. is to be provided.
''The administration building is to be con-
nected with all ward buildings Of the gen.
era1 hospital with covered way two stories
in height and designed to afford facilities
for the treatment Of patients in the open
air. The food service and the piping for
domestic engineering is to be through the
basement of these and of other but un-
covered corridors. Such covered corridor
connection is to be arranged to serve the
nurses home of general hospital the tuber-
culosis hospital and the contagious hos
pital.'