A treatise on hospital and asylum construction; with special reference to pavilion wards . ^ buildings. The connection between wards and the admin-istration building and dining room was by means ofa covered platform. The different departments areindicated on the skeleton plan as follows;— A, Administration building. The first storycontained offices for the surgeon and other execu-tive officers, and a library and printing office: onthe second floor were sleeping apartments for , Linen room. C, Dispensary and operating , D, Wards radiating from the covered , Dining room: th
A treatise on hospital and asylum construction; with special reference to pavilion wards . ^ buildings. The connection between wards and the admin-istration building and dining room was by means ofa covered platform. The different departments areindicated on the skeleton plan as follows;— A, Administration building. The first storycontained offices for the surgeon and other execu-tive officers, and a library and printing office: onthe second floor were sleeping apartments for , Linen room. C, Dispensary and operating , D, Wards radiating from the covered , Dining room: the chapel and nurses dormitories,which were above it, Avere reached by outside dining room was capable of seating 1,200patients. F, Kitchen, laundry, engine and boilerroom. G, Special dormitory for detailed men. H,Knapsack room, where the property of patients was. Plate r6, Page ^^. Skeleton Plan, Sedgwick, Hammond and other similar Hospitals. Erected for temporary use during the Civil War. 34 HOSPITAI^ AND ASVI,UM CONSTRUCTION. kept. I, Commissary store-department. J, Quarter-masters store-departmeut. K, Tank supplyingwater to tlie buildings. L, Dormitory for , Stable. N, Wagon liouse. O, Sutler. P,Stewards quarters. Q, Worksliop. R, Isolationward for contagious cases. In addition to this department tbere were atdifferent points on the ground (outside of the circu-lar portion,) accommodations for the officers; alsothe guard room and entrance lodge. The buildingswere lighted by gas and supplied from city waterworks; the tank was used for the purpose of awater supply in case of fire. Bach ward, at itsfurther extremity, was supplied with a lavatory, bathroom and water closet. The building was not open-ed for patients until about the middle of 1865, or theclose of the war. The Hammond Hospital was one, of a series ofsimilar buildings erecte
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