Approved plans and specifications for post hospitals / Surgeon General's Office.

  • United States. Surgeon-General's Office.
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Approved plans and specifications for post hospitals / Surgeon General's Office. 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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    The shelves, drawers, cupboards, counter, scale case, etc., to be similar in finish, material, and design to same parts of the 24-bed hospital, varying only as to plan and minor details as shown in special drawings for this case. (See specifications for fitting Dispensary of 24-bed Regulation Post Hospital.) Specifications for building a Dead House for U. S. Post Hospitals.—Plate R, 2. Construct a small frame building for a Dead House, as per drawings, (see Plate B, 2,) the same to be 13 feet by 26 feet, outside measurement, one story high, and to measure 10 feet 2 inches from the top of sill to top of plate, and to have a gable roof of one-third pitch; the interior to be divided into two rooms, one 12 feet by 12 feet, the other 12 feet by 12 feet 6 inches. The building to rest on stone or brick piers or wooden posts; in this manner to conform to the con- struction of the hospital building. The piers, if of brick, to be a brick and a half square, one at each corner, two on each side, and one on each end between the corner posts. These piers to be 8 inches above the level of the ground, and above the line of latitude of Washington, D. C., to have a foundation 3 feet below the surface. South of this line, or where danger from frost is not to be apprehended, they may be 2 feet 6 inches only. Excavation. Excavate trenches for the foundation of the chimney and the several piers of the required size and depth. Chimney. Construct one chimney in the centre of the building; the same to be 20 feet high from the level of the ground, and to have a solid foundation of stone two or three feet below the level of the ground according to the climate of the locality. Construct two fire-places, back to back, as shown on drawing, the same to be 12 inches deep, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet high. Above the fire-place, work in two flues each 8 by 8 inches, forming a shaft 1 foot 4 inches by 2 feet 4 inches, the same to be capped out at top with two projecting courses of brick as a finish. Make the roof about the chimney tight with flashing in accordance with specifications for building hospitals. Frame. Sills to be 6 by 6 inches, corner posts 4 by 6 inches, studs 2 by 4 inches—16 inches on centres, except- ing window and door studs, which will be 3 by 4 inches; plates to be 3 by 4 inches; floor joists to be 2 bv 10 inches—12 inches on centres, with one row of longitudinal bridging; rafters 2 by 6 inches, and ceiling joists 2 by 6 inches, each 2 feet on centres. Sheathing. Cover roof with rough boarding, 1 inch thick, using such material as is commonly used in the locality where the hospital is built. In northern latitudes the sides of the building to be sheathed in a manner similar to roof; in southern latitudes the weather-boarding on the sides to be directly upon the studding. Roof. Cover roof with shingles, in quality and manner to conform to the specifications of hospital building. Clapboards or Weather-boarding. Cover sides of building with weather-boards to conform to specifications of hospital building.