Evening journal., 1914-07-10

the foul air to pass out and up the
shaft.
The roof contains the necessary
pent houses with large skylights over
to give air and light down into the
building. A small fan room is To-
Gated here which wiI contain sue
iion fan to take the air out Of the
vent shaft.
There is very little woodwork Of
any kind throughout the building,
save what Is absolutely necessary.
There is no wood door or window
trim nor any wooden base. The door
lambs are built OF channel irons, The
doors themselves viii be flush doors
this doing away with mouldings
which would collect dust and germs.
The floors throughout are plain
concrete except IN the bath rooms,
toilets and operating department,
which are iioored with white ceramic
tile The base throughout is Of sani-
tary cement construction coved and
rounded
The walls in the operating depart
an excellent surface and can be
washed down with a hose If desired
The walls throughout the rest Of the
Building viii be plain plaster, painted
with waterproof paint Of pleasing
tone.
Closed From Old Hospital.
This new building IS completely
cut off from the present buildings by
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natically In the event Of a fire occur
ing in the present hospital. Also all
the windows in the west wall facing
the present portion are standard un-
dcrwriters, metal sash glazed with a
polished plate wire glass. By these
means every preeaution Is taken 10
protect the new building from a fire
without Being hreproof within
there is little danger 70 patients from
FIRE
The ventilating scheme which
played an important part in the de-
signing Of the structure is very sim
pie and direct The large vent and
light shaft In the center Of the build
ing acts as ilue, pulling the air
up from all parts of the building to
the roof where the same may be ex-
hansted by a fan or through windows
provided for that purpose BY this
means either natural or artificial
ventilation can be readily obtained.
The ventilation OF the operating
room is to be along the lines Of the
latest authorities No air will be
Permitted TO enter from the outside
except Il be thoroughly washed and
disinfected An air washer placed
IA the basement viii purify all the
air entering the room The heated
air will be filtered through steel
plates before entering Should a
door be opened from the operating
room the air will force itself out and
prevent any air from entering. BY
these means, no infection can take
place because 1T bacteria in the air.
q most important factor in perform
ing successful operations
The nurses signal system Is OF the
best type and used throughout the
laading hospitals. There Is no ring
ing az noisy bells 10 awaken patients
Of disturb the nervous "A small
electric light 10 the annunciator and
4 lamp over the door shows the call
% the attending nurses The system
is operated from the 40 volt cur
rent. this doing away with storage
batteries, source OF unnecessary
expense and danger The question
OF life or death often hangs upon
the answering promptly Of calls by
the nurses and for this reason, the
present system was selected
Provision is made IN the present
structure for telephone connections
10 each room
The structure IS so designed that
if at a future date another story Is
needed 1t can be added with very
little additional expense.
Heating system.
A complete overhauling OF the
present heating system and the cree |
tion Of q new freproof power plant
building 40 feet by 30 feet together
with a rudial brick chimney So feet
high. is az present being carried on
by the b. F. Shaw Company of this
city. There is being installed two
SO horse power return tubular boilers
to operate under a steam pressure
o. 50 pounds the pressure required
TO operate the present laundry
machinery. The two boilers are be-
ing installed 10 insure the constant
operating Of the plant. one boiler Is
sufficient but the second one is in
stalled 70 take care Of any future
trouble IN case Of breakdowns or re-
pairs, this eliminates any possibility
Of shutting down Of the system.
such as might occur were only one
boiler installed
From these boilers the steam will
be brought to the various buildings
through terra Gotta conduits. The