CITY HOSPITAL EAST

MILL LANE, OLD SWAN

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This Hospital, which was used for the treatment of infectious diseases, provided accommodation for 120 patients and staff, and covered an area of about 41/2 acres. The buildings comprised two one storey ward pavilions each for twelve patients, one isolation block for eight patients and two ward pavilions two stories high, each accommodating 44 patients.

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The administrative block and the nurses home are connected by a covered corridor. At the entrance in Mill Lane the porters lodge and discharge block were situated and the other buildings within the grounds comprise the laundry, mortuary and laboratory.

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The whole of the buildings were lighted by electricity and the wards are heated by double stoves and radiators. The two large pavilions differ in plan, one being of what is known as the 'Brook' type and the other, the 'Edinburgh'. The 'Brook' type consisted of a long ward on each floor 120 feet by 26 feet, the entrance being at one end.

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At the entrance the nurses duty room and a small separation ward for two beds were placed, with bathrooms and larders on the opposite side of the corridor.

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The sanitary annexes for these wards were placed in the centre and are entered from the ward through a lobby which is disconnected. Accommodation was also provided at the entrance in connection with the staircase to the upper floors for a nurses robbing room, lavatory &c. At the opposite end of the ward a verandah is provided for each floor.

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The 'Edinburgh' pavilion consists of two wards on each floor 64 feet long by 26 feet wide. In the centre of these wards is the entrance, bathrooms, hall and nurses duty room, a small separation ward being placed on either side of the latter room.

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The sanitary annexes were situate at the other end of the building on each floor. The upper floor is reached by means of a centrally placed outside staircase and in connection with this staircase a lavatory is provided on each floor for nurses. The floors of both the 'Brook' and 'Edinburgh' wards are of pitch pine boards nailed down to breeze concrete, the floors of the sanitary annexes being tiled. The sanitary fittings throughout were of the best glazed whiteware and of the most modern description.

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Externally the buildings were faced with red wire cut bricks with terra cotta dressings and the roofs were covered with green Westmoreland slates.

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