The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-18
HOSPITAL PLANS AND
DESCRIPTION ARRIVE
NEW BUILDING TO HAVE EVERY
REQUIREMENT OF MOST M0D-
ERN HOSPITAL.
Large Variety Of Wards And Depart
ments-Neighbcrin Towns to be
Asked to Cooperate.

With the arrival of the plans anc
description OF the proposed new ST
Marys hospital here, there have also
come assurances that the institution
will be erected even if but half of the
sum needed is raised, as the present
conditions are such that the old hos
pital IS becoming more crowded every
day and people have to be turned
away for lack of beds
The new building, which will answer
every demand which can be made Oh
a modern hospital, will be 208 feet b.
so feet orer ail, the main portion o.
the building being 1o6 feet in length
1t will contain four stories with a high
basement, where will be located the
kitchen, laundry. boiler room, dinnine
rooms and emergency operating room
with a private entrance TO it from the
outside. There will also be a large
gymnasium.
On the first floor will be located the
offices, reception rooms, rest rooms
and some Of the private wards, O.
which two will be connected with q
private bath
The second and third floors are en-
tirely devoted to private wards with
public ward and diet kitchen on each
floor and at each end large sun par
lor and screened porch for the use o.
conValasent and others whose treat
ment demands staying in the outdoo!
air
III hA 1, 4
important feature of the whole build
ing, for it will contain all the require
ments OF a modern surgical hospital
operating room, Xray, sterlizing, an(
labratory rooms, as well as a private
room for the physicians 1t will alsC
have on this floor the quarters for til
nurses and Sisters
The whole building will be equipped
with an electric elevator and two
stdtrways on each wing of the struct-
ure. All the operating rooms, diet
kitchen and other rooms, such as tot
let and baths, will be built of moasit
tile, making them absolutely dir.
proof.
One important feature of the new
building will be the maternity and de
livery rooms located on the top foo
and both they and the operating room.
being entirely cut off from all the RESI-
OF the building by series of sounC
proof doors and windows.
The wdsk of organization for the
Fund Raising campaign goes reas
suredly on, the managers REPORTING
more encouragement each day and
bigger interest on the part of our citi
zens, who are beginning to see wha
a modern institution of this kline
means to them
incidentally it also means much t,
the community as a whole, not only
the unfortunate sick, but also everH
one interested in its we'll being for l.
has been repeatedly established b,
surveys in other places, that for every
dollar spent by the patient at the in
stitution, two dollars or more are
spent outside. In other words the
bringing of any institution of this kline
into the community, means the bring
ing into that community additiona
trade and money. 1t acts as a sort OF
magnet in this regard.
During the present week active
plans have been started to organize
the small towns in the surrounding
territory, who have call for a mod
ern hospital where they can send their
sick and injured with the least trouble
and expense,