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ground and yet are a storey below the lowest floor of wards. As in the Herbert Hospital, there are here only two stories of wards. The position and arrangement of the blocks containing latrines and bath deserve notice as remarkably successful in fulfilling all the conditions of good ventilation, and as having furnished very picturesque features in the building. I think, also, the way in which the out-patients’ department and medical school department, &c., are kept out of the way of the in-patient’s portion' of the hospital by being at a lower level, seems extremely good. The chapel and operating theatre are on the first floor (tlie level of the lowest floor of wards.) The kitchen is on the lowest flooor, very centrally placed. The walls and ceilings of this hospital are of Parian cement. Reference! to Plan, Plate 7. A. A. Pavilions of Wards. B. B. Day Booms. C. Chapel. D. Operating Theatre. E. Board Boom. F. Central Quadrangle. The New St. Thomas’s Hospital, London. We now come to St. Thomas’s New Hospital, now erecting on the banks of the Thames, from the designs of Mr. Currey. Here again we have what may, I think, be roughly described, as far as ward arrangements go, as being half the Lariboisiere plan. That is to say, one main corridor with blocks projecting from it, all on the same side. A number of administrative buildings cluster round the main corridor line on the lowest or ground floor, and occupy a considerable proportion of the pavil ions or blocks on that floor ; and there is in addition, a block entirely occupied for administrative purposes, on all its stories. This leaves six blocks of wards for patients—these form two groups of three blocks each, having the chapel in the centre—in addition there are wards which on the ground floor of some blocks are devoted to patients. There are three stories of wards, viz., 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors. The wards are for 28 beds each, and measure 120 feet long by 28 feet wide, and 15 feet high, dimen sions which give 1800 cubic feet of air to each patient. The provisions connected with the warming and ventilating have been referred to. The other appliances to each ward are un usually complete, including a kind of balcony overlooking the Thames. Here, an excellent series of rooms is provided for out-patients, and a distinct series of rooms for receiving and attending to casualties that are not serious enough to make the patient an in mate of the wards. The kitchen is placed very centrally, and the whole plan deserves careful attention. A distinct building is proposed to be erected for the Medical Schools, ad joining the Hospital. The number of beds contem plated in this Hospital is 588. References to Plan, Plate 7. A. A. Pavilions of Wards. N.B. Kitchen in Basement of block, A 1. B. Administrative block. C. Chapel, with Entrance Hall under. D. D. Operating Theatres. E. E. Officers’ Besidences. F. F. Connecting Corridor. The Infirmary, Blackburn. The Blackburn Infirmary shows another version of the pavilion plan, with One corridor, but is remarkable for an ingenious mode of shortening this corridor, and yet preserving proper space for light and air, by throwing oft’ the wards alternately on either side. References to Plan, Plate 6. A A. Pavilions of Wards. B. Operating Theatre. C. Chapel. D. Small Wards. The European General Hospital, Bombay. As an example of simpler plan, and smaller size, I may refer to my own plans for the European Hospital, at Bombay. This is simply a straight block of buildings, sketched' out in a straight line, so that the prevailing sea breeze might blow equally on every part of it, three storeys high, with a centre and two slightly accentuated ends. The ground storey through out is occupied by rooms for administrative purposes, and the back of the centre block is similarly appropriated. The centre building also contains a principal staircase, and the chapel. The wings contain wards placed end to end, with baths and latrines in the blocks at the end; separated to some extent from the wards, by a wide open space. The principal peculiarity here as in all Indian buildings, is the wide verandah or cloisters screening both walls, and it became possible to suppress the nurses’ rooms, ward sculleries, &c., and to propose using portions of the veran dah, Indian fashion, for these purposes. This Hospital was for not quite 150 patients. It is engraved and described in “The Builder.” This may serve as an example of the difference be tween different climates in their requirements—a point never to be lost sight of by us. References to Plan, Plate 6. A A. Wards. B. Surgery. C. Operating Theatre and Wards. D. Chapel. E. E. Baths. F. F. Lavatories, Conveniences, &c. G. G. Verandah surrounding the Wards. Ordinary Regimental Hospital. An ordinary-Regimental Hospital, which may be roughly' de scribed as one of the double blocks of the Herbert Hospital, built alone, is a good example of a small hospital. A better is Mr. D. Brandon’s excellent County hospital figured in Miss Nightingale’s book. References to Plan, Plate 6. A. A. Wards having connected with each the usual conveniences and an Orderly Room, a Ward Scullery, and a Day Room. B. Central Staircase. C. Kitchen, &c. D D. Small Wards. The smallest sort of hospital we shall notice, and one very ex cellent in its unpretending way, is the Cottage Hospital. At East Grinstead one of these exists and flourishes, and many have been since formed in country districts. This should be a good roomy' cottage improved, or a homely but cheerful building, like a superior cottage in appearance and structure, put up on pur pose, surrounded by a garden, and fitted for the reception and treatment of a few poor cottagers, who here find themselves in a dwelling not very unlike their own, and with such surroundings as they' are used to. I do not propose to give you any' detailed account of this experiment, but it is one thoroughly well worth the attention of any' of you who may be concerned in supplying the needs of country districts. An examination of the above described, and other good exam ples, will show how variously the great general idea of buildings with semi-isolated blocks of wards can be treated, and will show in what point the architects have felt free to diverge, and where, on the other hand, they have all adhered to the same practice. Among the points of agreement may be noticed that none of the examples I have shown provide for more than 600 beds, or thereabouts, and it is stated by good authorities, that this is about the largest number that can with advantage be managed in one building. Up to this number none of the administrative departments need be in duplicate. One kitchen, one chapel, one set of out patients’ rooms, and one room or set of rooms for each purpose that can be so served, is all that ought to exist in a good Hospital. But when the numbers rise beyond 600, some of these departments would be overtasked. Other objections exist to the agglomeration of vast numbers of sick in a building, but this is sufficient specimens of their nature. Though administrative departments must not be in duplicate, patients’ accommodation often wants to be duplicated, because there are usually a male and a female side. In one hospital on the Continent, there is also a Lutheran and a Catholic storey', but that does not fall within our practice. Many other things which seemed to require notice, I have left untouched, partly to prevent this paper from becoming too long, partly' because to go into extreme detail was not my intention. I have said enough, however, to give you some general ideas, and perhaps to suffice as a starting point for those who desire to carry' their studies further: such persons will find a great deal of