(_Former arrangement of Lying-in Wards._)
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The above plan, taken from M. Husson’s ‘Étude sur les Hôpitaux,’ will
show the arrangement of wards and beds in this place. [Dr. Le Fort says
that the number of beds in each ward has since been reduced by a third.]
_Queen Charlotte’s Lying-in Hospital, London._—Plate I. shows a plan and
section of Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, as rebuilt in 1856.
On each floor are 6 wards, containing 3 beds each, in which the patients
are delivered, with an average of 1,000 cubic feet to each patient. On
each floor, also, is one convalescent ward, containing 6 beds. Two
floors are devoted to patients: one for married, and one for single
women. As soon as 3 patients have been delivered in a ward, it remains
vacant for 8 or 10 days, and is cleansed. Patients are removed as soon
as possible to the convalescent ward. When a case of fever occurs, the
ward is freshly whitewashed, and not occupied again for at least a
month.
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