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n ecessary offices, receiv in g w ards for p atien ts, free out-patient departm ents, and sets of rooms for the m edical staff, m arried and unm arried officials, housekeepers, porters, m aids, etc. A Bathing Establishment with all medicinal baths, and a department for mechanical curative gymnastics, is placed near the west gate. The bathing establishment will also be open to patients from the toAvn. Each of the two Nurses’ Homes is built with 140 rooms for nurses, probationers, and maids, a common dining hall, sitting-rooms, etc. In the Avest building a lecture-room for a Nurses’ Training School will he arranged in the top storey. In the Assembly Building will be made a large hall, to he used partly for church service, partly for festivities, lectures, etc. The Chapel is so situated that there is access to funerals through the north gate. A Pathological Institute with a refrigerated mortuary adjoins the Chapel. The central technical plants are gathered in the Boiler and Machinery House, in the Kitchen and Laundry, Avhich are situated in the loAvest p art of the grounds. P a tien ts a rriv in g at the H osp ital are first taken to the re ceiv in g Avards of the A dm in istration B u ild in g , tran sp orted from there on a Avheeled stretcher b y a lift to the tunnels, Avheeied th rough to the resp ective pavilion, con veyed up by a lift, and reach the Avard Avithout b ein g rem oved from the stretcher. All transport of food to the wards, linen to and from the laundry, etc., takes place through the same tunnels and lifts, Avhile corpses are transported in the open air. The tunnels are used furtherm ore, for in stallation of the m ain p ip es for Avater and steam , and for electric ligh tin g and motor force. A special feature, which is repeated in several of the Hospital buildings, are areas sunk to various depths, partly as deep as the basement of the building in question, for the purpose of making the basements lighter, more acces­ sible and useful.