. The principles of ventilation and heating and their practical application. oul-air registers in the flooralong the centre of the ward. The tendency of patients to spit downthese registers or to throw things into them is very great, and while noevil results have followed in a hospital which is under military discipline,and where the foul-air boxes are cleaned every day, it is better to trans-fer these registers to a point beneath the beds, where they are out ofthe way and equally efficacious. The placing of the kitchen in the third story of the hospital was adecided success in more ways than
. The principles of ventilation and heating and their practical application. oul-air registers in the flooralong the centre of the ward. The tendency of patients to spit downthese registers or to throw things into them is very great, and while noevil results have followed in a hospital which is under military discipline,and where the foul-air boxes are cleaned every day, it is better to trans-fer these registers to a point beneath the beds, where they are out ofthe way and equally efficacious. The placing of the kitchen in the third story of the hospital was adecided success in more ways than one. The odors from cooking arealmost entirely excluded from the building, although sometimes the liftwhich passes from the kitchen down to the dining-room acts as a sortof air-pump, and draws or forces some of the air from the kitchen downto the second floor. This principle of placing the kitchen on the upper floor was adoptedin the new New York Hospital, the plans for which, prepared by thearchitect, Mr. George B. Post, were adopted in 1875. VENTILATION AND HEATING. 187. Figure 58.—NEW YORK HOSPITAL BUILDINGS.—PLAN OF CELLAR. A.————Boiler Room.£.—Boiler.^.—Engine Room,G.—Fresh-Air —Engine. /.—Fan Blower. /.—Cold-Air Duct. A.—Steam Coils. L.—Ash Vaults. M.—Coal Vaults. TV.—Vaults. O.—Area. P.—Vegetable Vaults, etc. Q —Ice House. l88 VENTILATION AND HEATING. This hospital is located near the centre of New York City, and is anillustration of an attempt to make up in height for deficiency in groundarea. The general arrangement is shown in the accompanying plans, whichare copied from those prepared by the architect to illustrate his descrip-tion of the building, which is of brick, and contains 163 beds. In thewards there is one window to each bed, each external pier of the build-ing being a flue, which is lined with hollow bricks to prevent, as far aspossible, loss of heat by radiation. Through the centr
Size: 1415px × 1766px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubj, booksubjectventilation
