Hull Royal Infirmary : an account of the opening of the new north west wing and out-patients' department, together with a description of the further proposed alterations and enlargements of the building.

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[1885]
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Credit: Hull Royal Infirmary : an account of the opening of the new north west wing and out-patients' department, together with a description of the further proposed alterations and enlargements of the building. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    gaps through the main building, and thus separating the central administrative and officers' department from the wards containing the sick patients. This alteration was imperatively called for, in consequence of the sickness that had existed for some years past among the officers whose living and bed- rooms adjoined the wards occupied by the patients. An enlarged plan, Fig. 3, shows the main building as it existed before the alterations were commenced, and Figs. 4 and 5 indicate the alterations proposed to be made* The plan, elevation and section of the proposed new North-west Wing are shown on Figs. 6, 7, and 8, and Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan of the ward offices. These plans were carefully considered by the Building Committee, and ultimately it was recommended that Mr. Snell should bo appointed as architect to carry out the work, a proposal which was unanimously confirmed by the Board of Management, and approved by the Centenary Committee. The first stones of the new North-west Wing, and the out- patients' department were laid by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh on the 1st October in the last year; and it is not intended now to describe the whole of the proposedalterations, but to give in brief detail an account of what has been completed, and to refer shortly to the work still in hand. The work completed and about to be opened consists of a new North-west Wing, a plan of which is shewn at Page 10, and an interior view at page 16; an external view forms the frontispiece of this pamphlet. It consists of three wards, each 85 ft. 6 in. long, exclusive of the end bay window, 20 ft. wide and 13 ft. 6 in. high. These are lighted by eight win- dows, ranged along each side wall, with one large window at the end. Each ward will be warmed by patent double open * In consequence of the widening of Brook Stroet, the ward of the New N.W. Wing will, as described further on, contain only 24 instead of 26 patients.