. The New England magazine. ^ . r. A CORNER OF THE CHILDREN S ROOM. 264 THE FOUNDING OF SMALL HOSPITALS. give these old estates for the relief ofthe suffering. Whether it is everbest to buy an old house to be refit-ted for a hospital is very doubtful, espe-cially as the expense of erectingentirelynew buildings of brick, with all the up-to-date hospital appliances, is so this article is adrawing by Mr. S. D. Hayden, anarchitect of Newtonville, Massachu-setts, after suggestions from physiciansand others, for a hospital for twenty-five patients, with administration build-ing, o
. The New England magazine. ^ . r. A CORNER OF THE CHILDREN S ROOM. 264 THE FOUNDING OF SMALL HOSPITALS. give these old estates for the relief ofthe suffering. Whether it is everbest to buy an old house to be refit-ted for a hospital is very doubtful, espe-cially as the expense of erectingentirelynew buildings of brick, with all the up-to-date hospital appliances, is so this article is adrawing by Mr. S. D. Hayden, anarchitect of Newtonville, Massachu-setts, after suggestions from physiciansand others, for a hospital for twenty-five patients, with administration build-ing, operating room, quarters for. THE OPERATING ROOM, ADDISON GILBERT HOSPITAL. matron and nurses, and private roomsfor patients. The estimated cost, ac-cording to the prevailing prices inNew England, is from $20,000 to$25,000, finished and furnished. Theplan contemplates a central building,in which on the first floor are a recep-tion room, office, dining room andkitchen, operating and recovervrooms; on the second floor are thematernity rooms and rooms for ma-tron and nurses ; in the attic are ser-vants quarters; the laundry and hotwater heating apparatus are in thebasement. A sun corridor to theright connects with the womensward. This ward has three open beds and four beds in rooms. A similarcorridor on the left connects the mainbuilding with the mens ward, whichalso has three open beds and fourbeds in rooms. The ordinary ca-pacity of this hospital for patients istherefore seven men, seven women,four maternity cases and two an emergency there may be one inthe recovery room and two in eachalcove in the war
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