The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
IS MODEL FOR HOSPITAL WORK
Will be Fireproof in Every Respect and
Furnish Every possible Convenience
for the Care of the Sick ard Injured
Under Modern Methods

Details for the working plans for
the new Kenosha hospital have been
completed by Architect n. Max Dun
ming of Chicago and there is now moth
ing to hinder the starting Of work on
the new institution. 1t is expected
that work on the hospital will be
started early in September and the
bids for the contract will be secured
within a few days. The description
of the new building as given by the
architect is as follows:
E'The hospital will be an absolutely
freproof building, built according to
the most approved methods of hospital
construction and will recognize first of
all that the real object of the build
ing is to furnish a place where the
injured may be cared for and the sick
made we'll as expeditiously and as eff
fciently as it is possible. The second
object is to make the building attrac
tive, both exteriorly and in its interior
treatment, in order that much Of the
institutional" appearance be done
away with and to remove as far as
possible the prejudice that sometimes
attaches to such institutions. The
rooms will be light, we'll ventilated,
tastefully decorated and be made as
conducive as possible to rest and re-
cuperation.
''The building will set well back on
the hospital lot with an abundance of
air ana sunlight. 1t will face east so
that the maximum number of rooms
will receive sunlight for the greatest
length of time each day. The tooms
will be arranged on two sides Of a
wide corridor, extending lengthwise
through the building, effordlng ventila
ton and a circulation of fresh air
The corridor will terminate at the
south and with an inclosed porch where
convalescent patients may sit during
the day,
"Service kitchens and ample toilet
facilities are provided on each foor~to
minimize the work of the nurses and to
make possible quick attention to the
patients. Each service kitchen is
complete in itself, with gas range,
refrigerator, steam table, sink, cases,
tray racks and dumb waiter connection
with the main kitchen in the basement.
The operating pavilion is on the fourth
floor at the north end and is provided
with every equipment necessary to
perform the most exacting operations
under the best possible conditions.
Etherizing rooms, sterihzing rooms,
surgical bandage rooms and an operat-
ing room for minor operations are all
arranged in close communication.
"An ample freproof staircase and
large elevator extend from basement
to roof and are both vestibuled to pre-
vent the noise of slamming doors
or the draught of the vertical shafts
from disturbing or injuring the
patients. On the roof a large sun
room, open on the east, west and
south, is placed where patients may sit
in the sun during the winter months.
The basement is given over to the
kitchen, store rooms, nurses dining
room, class room and medical library,
pathological laboratory and isolation
room. The laundry, heating and
power plant are in separate build.
ing so that the noise and odor may be
removed from the main building.
"All together the hospital will be
building complete in every particular
for its purpose with each detail tend
ing to make it sanitary, freproof,
easy to maintain and efficient in its
work, carefully thought out. At the
same time it will have just as much
of the restful homelike quality as is
compatible with full regard for it's
first purpose.