The Archive · 1932

Municipal Goo

Large Extensions under Construction at Ward Road ATENSIONS to the Shanghai Hosp! pleted cyte eye while the Indian Only the Police Hoxpital has been ¢om-

pletion. The rH high has been specially provided for patients suffering from lung troubles. it Hi The building is in the shape of squat with the connecting arm long and the sides short. The width of the building if ili ist From the ground floor two lifts run up to the top floor with s staircase around each, one lit each end of the centre portion of the building. A the back of the centre portion the third stair is situated.

On the first from it special food lifts go The main awiteh room of the All the wards wre light and airy, with windows on three sides of each. They are placed in pairs, forming the north and south wings on five floors.

On the first and second floors the wards "Chinese patients. On the fifth floor the north wing is enclosed with prison bars, as ite occupants are operation cases from the 7 gaol hospital, and warders are on duty all 4 the time here. There is no operation theatre at the Gaol Honpital, the patients being sent __wcroas to the police hospital and returned when they have sufficiently recovered from the effects of their operations.

There are one or two small rooms in the building for very serious cases, altogether there ix accommodation for upwards of 224 patients at the hospital.

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