Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-14

for more COWS will ne cessitate our purchasing a portion of our milk as soon as our new ward l buildings are occupied.
 Root Cellar. We have no place for the proper | storage of our winter vegetables pro duced by the farm, and each year we l suffer-T loss on this account; the com 1 small sum necessary to con- struct root cellar would yield large l dividends.
 Grading and Walks.
 Recent building operations have rem dered necessary additional walks and grading. A small appropriation should be secured for carrying on this work.
 Deep Well.
 The past summer was one of unusual drought and many cities throughout this and adjacent states have suffered from a water famine of greater or less severity. At the hospital the water in the storage reservoir was so depleted that we were obliged to place entire reliance upon our deep well, which for tunately throughout the season has yielded it's usual quantity of pure Wa ter. The well has capacity only to supply our immediate needs and should we experience d similar drought dur ing the coming season we would not have sufficient water to supply our added number of patients.
 deep well pump is also very un- certain proposition and if it becomes disabled several days may elapse be- fore it can be again placed in com mission. Therefore l believe it is inn perative that second deep well should be drilled and would respectfully so recommend.
 Greenhouse.
 A small greenhouse at an institution of this character can well be designat- ad 111yr1 ic ia1 that a place should be provided to pro- pagate our early garden plants. grow the necessary shrubs to ornament properly our grounds during the sum- mer months, and especially during the winter season to supply our wards with potted plants and cut flowers.
 Clubhouse.
 The desirability of retaining in the employ of the hospital properly trained nurses has been referred to. It is equally desirable that the hospital should not lose the services of other employees who from the training that they have received at the institution, or from previous experience, are par ticularly suited to perform their du ties. Private eorporations7s find it of such economic value to attract and re- tain desirable employees that they are provided facilities for recreation and are building clubhouses, places of en- . lieve it would be well for the state to in this particular follow their lead and I would respectfully recommend that you endeavOr to secure an appropria- ton for small clubhouse in which our employees when off duty may find the recreation that now is alone found in the city, often both to the detriment of the employees and the hospital. This building would not be for the exclu- sive use of the employees, but would also be enjoyed equally by our pa tients. I am sure should such build ing be constructed the hospital would reap in more loyal and faithful ser vice from employees and much happi- ness and great benefit to our patients large returns from a small investment.
 Work Under Way.
 With the appropriation secured at the last meeting of the general assem- bly, we are constructing ward buildings (ward D south and wards north and south), employees dining room, fire station, laboratory staff house, nurses cottages A and B, and the necessary connecting corridors. From our local funds we have built a fireproof pump house and are building a small house for the storage of paints and oils. All of the buildings with the exception of the staff house and nurses cottages are practically ffreproof having exterior walls of red brick, floors of concrete and partitions or steel and metal lath.
 Ward D South.
 This building in location and one or two minor exceptions in internal ar engagements is similar to ward D north, described in my previous report. It is designed to care for 50 of the more dis turbed male patients and, as was found on the female side of the house when ward D was occupied, will relieve our hospital wards of a very disturbing I ela nd icto more appropriate treatment to both our quiet and disturbed acute cases. Wards c North and South. These buildings, two stories in height with attic and basement. are exteriorly and interiorly alike and are similarly located on each side of the main subway practically midway be- tween wards and D. They will each furnish accommodations for 100 pa tients of the quieter custodiaI class. The first floor contains two large day rooms, each with a capacity of 5f patients, several small single rooms nurses rooms, store rooms and the ! necessary toilet facilities.
 Four large dormitories, each with g capacity of 20 beds, couples the larger ! portion of the second floor, the remain ] ing patients being cared for in single l rooms and three bedded dormitories nurses rooms, the necessary toilet ano
 
 | the additional space.
 | We have located our main batf | rooms, dressing rooms and locker | rooms, rendered accessible by a sepa- rate staircase, in the basement, anG i thus have materially reduced both the l size and cost of these buildings. EacI basement also contains a temporary l dining room.
 A commodious porch on the frs | floor and a smaller sleeping porch o1 | the second have also been provided | The flooring on the first floor i. | torazzo tile, that on the second floor with the exception of the toilet ana | bath rooms, which are also of torazzo 1 and the flooring in the basement, is O | concrete with granolithic finish. Tn, ! walls are plastered throughout witt 1 height of seven feet.
 These, buildings are joined to wart l D by a subway of reinforced concret, l and these in turn in a similar manne | to the central subway. Thus an eas, and protected communication is fur 1 nished throughout all the main build ings of the hospital.
 Employees Dining Room. This building is properly an addi ton to the kitchen and contemplate, central dining room. It will provide l very comfortable dining room with ac 1 comrlodations sufficient for our pres | ply a ee1ed addition to our stor l rooms.
 Central Fire Station. Adjacent to the main subway an | midway between the laundry am kitchen building is our fire station. Th first floor will give ample .accommoda , tions for the necessary fire apparatu