Evening journal., 1914-07-10
WORK ON
NEW BUILDING
FOR HOSPITAL
100000 Addition to Della
ware Institution to Remove
0yercrOwded Condition
PRIVATE Wards AND ALL
SURGICAL CONVENIENCES

Ground was broken this week. and
work is under way on the s60.0
addition to the Delaware Hospital,
which will be a much-needed inn
provement to that institution with lis
proud history for the benefit of hu-
manity. The new building. which
VIII face Washington street. will be
three stories high with basement
end will correspond with the archi-
lecture of the present hospital build
'ngs. Il is Of pleasing and sub
stantial design.
! The new building will be used for
the care of private patients. as we'll
as containing waiting, consultation.
operating. anaesthesia, recovery.
dressing, instrument, X-Ray. emerg-
ency locker rooms. and a complete
cooking school. kitchen. pantry, store
room, Mattresses room and other
rooms necessary TO be embodied in a
modern hospital. When finished il
will relieve the demand for room.
the number of patients having grown
SO that the hospital frequently has
been overcrowded 1t Will enable
more space to be devoted in the
present buildings TO the care of cases
in the public or free ward.
A, s. Reed and Brother Company
is the contractor The plans for the
new building were drawn by the
Manufacturers Contracting Company,
and were donated to the hospital
managers, who appreciate the none
tary saving because of obtaining the
pans free of cost G. n. Mills.
architect and engineer. of the Manu-
facturers Contracting Company. is
giving his services free to the build
ing committee and will supervise the
construction work.
The new building for he Delaware
Hospital Is to be built along the latest
approved designs of hospital con
struction, which Incorporates the
lest methods of sanitation, light, ven
tilation and utility. The sanitation
requires the elimination Of all un-
necessary materials, all places where
dirt can collect, and the easy clean
ING Of every part of the building.
Light plays very important part in
the design OF any hospital for the
modern theory of germ disease. gives
10 sunlight great Importance in des-
troying bacteria of all kinds. Ven-
tilation. both natural and artificial,
must receive due consideration. for
plenty of fresh air has much to do
with the patients recovery. A proper
combination Of natural and artificial
is considered the best by hospital
experts. The utility or proper ar
rangement of the various parts Of the
building must be considered. for here
IS the backbone of the design. the
welfare of the patients and the quick
ness and ease with which they are
cared for. All the above data has
been carefully considered by the
architects in designing the new build
ing.
Many Different Rooms.
The building fronts on Washington
street for distance OF eighty feet
and has depth back Of seventy-nine
feet. The exterior of the building
IS to be built of red brick with wide
white Joints. A simple cornice and
parapet wall tops off the structure
Fhe greater part of the wall space is
given up TO windows. allowing annie
sunlight for the rooms. A simple
doorway gives entrance into the
building from Washington street.
One enters by flight Of stems
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