Report of Mr. Charles Watson on the works necessary for the proper and efficient ventilation of Hampstead Workhouse.

  • Watson, Charles.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Report of Mr. Charles Watson on the works necessary for the proper and efficient ventilation of Hampstead Workhouse. 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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    water-closets, I would not admit into the corridors, but would ventilate these apartments each of them separately yet thoroughly. The lying-in, or No. 4 Ward, and the children's sick, or No. 5 Ward should each have a zinc ventilator going out from the ceiling through the slates, so that these two wards may be used separately, or be thrown into one ward.* The women's Nos. 6 and 7 Sick Wards should each be separately ventilated; the staircase in these wards should be removed, and the present opening in No. 6 Ward for stairs be closed up ; this will give additional accommodation for three beds in No. 7 Ward. No. 6 Ward has already a ventilator as large as the one in the Board-room, and it is placed in the north-west corner. No. 7 Ward requires a ventilator to go from it through the slates between the two windows at the south wall. The gratings in floor and ceiling to be removed. Ward No. 8, now used temporarily as a women's ward; and Ward No. 1 for men, require to be ventilated separately, and as already described for Wards Nos. 6 and 7 for women. No. 1 Ward for men has already a ventilator that goes out at the slates; it is as large as the one in the Board-room. 1^0. 3 Sick, or Insane Ward for men may safely be venti- lated into the corridor by the swing window over the door of ward. No. 2, Men's Surgical Ward, requires a ventilator to go out from the ceiling through the slates, and from the centre of the room. All the sick wards, except No. 3, may thus be isolated at all times, and be thoroughly ventilated without receiving a supply of pure air from any other source than from the venti- lators. The air from the corridors would however be so pure when the additional ventilation of the corridors and the water- closets was executed, that air entering into the sick wards from the corridors would be quite healthy. THE FEVER OH INFECTIOUS WARDS, AND RECEIYINO WARDS. 1. The two upper wards of lower building, used for fever and infectious cases of men and women, can be thoroughly * All under head No. 1 includes—Five ventilators, £90. Fixing, £43. The removal of the stairs in No. 6 and 7, and No. 1 and 8, not included in fixing. The casing of ventilators passing through Wards No. 1 and No. 6 is included in the fixing.