Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-11-29
Orleans County's New Hospital.
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struction to any alarming extent,
yet in the judgment of those who
have been closely identified with it's
plans, it will be of ample size to
care for the community which it was
built to serve for several years.
Every inch of the building from the
basement up leads one to believe that
the key note of the structure has
been for convenience in operation
and thoroughness in construction.
The entire three floors and base
ment are divided into rooms best
suitable for the service it is to rem
der. Each floor is high posted, the
rooms conveniently large and we'll
lighted and wide corridors on each
floor run east and west and north
and south.
The building is LOT by 4O.6 feet
with an annex on the west side Six
40.6. A basement extends under
the entire structure with entrances
from both south and west sides.
The main corridor is LOT by 8 feet
and the entire basement is feet
posted with the exception of the
boiler and fuel rooms which are
IL feet.
Here are found Laboratory Is by
Is feet, examination room 10 by Is.
X-ray developing room Skis, store
room 14x15, boiler room 15x31,
janitor room Skis, bath 6x15, three
|. helpers rooms 12x15 another store
room 15x15, electric distributing
room exc.
Then there is the elevator shaft
6x8 and 9x15 corridor extending
west to the annex. The main stair
shaft is 9x15 feet.
In the basement is also the X-ray
room 15x15, laundry 15x24.
The annex basement contains a
! 16x31 kitchen which is lighted with
seven windows. Nurses dining
room 16x22, cold. storage 8x16 with
walls of terra Gotta, refrigerator. Ok
6. The entire basement is cement,
brick and steel and so feet of the
elevator shaft walls are terra-cotta.
| The first floor beams are 8 inch steel
which insures the building practically
! fire proof.
The main entrance leads to a 14x9
vestibule at the left of which is the
I reception room I6x16.South of the
vestibule are two private rooms12x16
and bath room 6x11 feet, also on
the main floor there is 12X12
office, superintendent Office and
class room 16x16, bath ski, private
room 12x16 all at the right of the
front entrance. On the west side of
the main corridor there are two more
private>roo 12x16, coat room 5x9,
linen closet 6x8 and storage 12x16
/ The east and west corridor is 8x73
feet. On this same floor is a medi
cine closet 2x3, bath 13x16, two
I private rooms 12x16 on the south end
of the building. Each private room
throughout the building has a. 1.6x3.3
closet.
The first floor of the annex is a
six bed maternity ward 22x17 also a
six bed baby ward 8x17. Then there
is delivery room 17,supply room
Axe, toilet 4x10 and service room
12x17.
On the second floor there are eight
private rooms 12x16, two six bed
wards, two bathrooms Sx16,one toilet
Ike, one medicine closet 2x3.3 and
exc linen closet. The second floor
of the annex contains the operating
room 20x22 with a skylight 8X9 feet.
The room will get additional day
light through two French windows
5x6 feet. On the right of the cor
ridor Is the doctors room 12X17 and
joining is toilet room and shower
bath. At the right of the corridor
is located the ether room 9.6x17.
Left of the operating room is the
, sterilizing room 12x17 and supply
, room joining 9x17.
On the third floor are located six
more private rooms 12x16 feet.
The nurses living room is 28x16
| lighted with five Windows, all on the
! east side of the main corridor. On
the west side Of the corridor are four
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; 1-dark room 10x16, linen closet ey6,
1-service and diet room 12x16, mi
. lar diet rooms are located on the lirst
and second floors.
From the third floor entrance is
gained to the roof garden 25x31 feet.
This is on the west side of the build
ing over the annex.
The sun parlor is on the east side
of the hospital and occupies 15x40
, foot space.
The fourth floor or open attic will
give ample room for three isolation
wards 15x24.
The walls of the building are
brick. hollow tile and cement. The
,, fuel room is 15x4O and built under
the front porch, which is solid con-
\ crete. The floors and ratings are
! concrete with paneled % inch pillars
of the same material.
One of the most important things
in erecting hospital building, is its
, location. In this Newport should be
justly proud, the hospital erected on
: six acre lot on a high point over
looking the lake and city furnishes a
! view for those who will be among it's
, patrons that would be- hard to find
. elsewhere. This site was made pos
J sible through the gift of Mrs. John
Young.
, The weather of the past few weeks
; has been ideal not only to rush the
! building to completion, but has al
t lowed many improvements in the
grounds about it. This will greatly
| aid in the work when spring opens
and the work of grading, seeding,
|, planting of trees and shrubbery will
, be done. Other work on the grounds
has been the laying out Of drives to
and around the structures,
, The building is located $50 feet
t from Longview avenue and 200 feet
{ from Highland avenue. 400 feet of
| gravel road has been built from
. Longview Ave-, and with the drive
! around the hospital brings the dis