CITY HOSPITAL SOUTH

GRAFTON STREET

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This Hospital was erected around 1888 from the designs of Messrs. Simpson and Allen, of London, which were the first premiated ones in a public competition. The Hospital was for the treatment of infectious diseases, and provided accommodation for 69 patients.

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The buildings comprised of an administrative block, laundry, disinfecting and discharge blocks, isolation ward for five patients, and two ward pavilions for 32 patients each, the porters lodge and waiting room being placed at the entrance.

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The Ward Pavilions were two stories in height, and each floor consisted of two wards for eight beds each, with nurses duty room &c., between, the sanitary annexes being at each end of the wards.

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The buildings were simple in design, and were built in common local grey bricks, with red pressed dressings and slated roofs, simple in character. They were lighted by electricity, and the wards are heated by double stoves.

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The plan has proved to be an admirable one for efficiently working the Hospital, both as regards the patients and the staff