The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-12-16

room, and space is allotted for the
storage of these carts in the kitchen
when they are not in use. The food
elevator conveys the cart to it's as
signed floor, whence it is taken direct
ly to the serving room, and the food
served piping hot by tray service to
the patient.
The entire service sectianra m: :- -
1,;taI,o,, ho1- preparation rooms,
.1ng room, etc. is lined with
glazed brick to the ceiling, and has
floors of quarry tile with cove base.
making for a minimum of care in
cleaning and upkeep.
The center wing of the ground floor
contains the dining rooms for service
help, nurses, sisters and internes, and
the soiled linen receiving room. The
soiled linen is deposited here from
the floors above through glass-lined
clothes chutes; is sorted, and then
conveyed by trucks toi the laundry, a
separate building, connected with the
new building by tunnel.
The nurses training school occupies
the ground floor of the west wing,
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two class and demonstrating rooms,
a chemistry laboratory, a. large depart
mental library, and the offices of the
director and principal of the large and
important department.
The first, second, third and fourth
floors of the pavilion are similar in
arrangement. Centrally located on the
north side is a generous, comfortably
furnished room, set apart for the use
of relatives and friends of patients
Each floor accommodates approximate
ly rs patients, in either single or
double bed wards, with the exception
of two wards having five beds each.
A somewhat flexible arrangement
has been worked out for the typical
bedrooms. Each room has its indi
vidual toilet room, with a bathing
room common to each pair of rooms.
The patient may thus secure room
with toilet accommodations only, or
a room with toilet and bath. The
corner rooms are also arranged to be
assigned en- suite, providing for a sit
ting room with adjoining bedrooms,
if the patient so selects
Surgical dressing rooms and 1abora-
tory, general toilet rooms, nurses
rooms, serving rooms, stairs and ele-
vators occupy the court side of the
center wing on each of these floors.
At the south end of the east and west
wings, large, closed porches or So
Iariums open directly from the CORR.
doris.
All bedrooms and corridors have
terrazzo and marble floors and brown
walnut stained woodwork The pa
tents bath and toilet rooms have
tile floors and wainscots and enameled
woodwork. All service rooms on these
floors have tiled floors and wainscots
of marble.
The east wing of the fifth floor is
occupied in part by internes' quar-
tiers. These are double rooms, with
private bath for each room. A large
living room is centrally located in
this group. There are accommoda-
tons for "a internes on this floor The
east wing of the sixth floor also is
similarly used, providing accommo-
dations for 80 occupants.
The remainder of the fifth floor is
occupied by the operating rooms and
their accessory departments. There
are II operation rooms. two stories in
height, seven of which have north
light; and with the exception Of the
large clinic amphitheater, all have
zenith lights.
These operating rooms are grouped
in pairs, each pair having a wash-up
and sterilizing room in common. Ten
of these operating rooms are Similar
IN size and equipment, with gallery
space for 80 physicians. The galleries
surround the arena on two sides, and
are accessible only from the sixth
door.