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[b) Accommodation for ten to twelve first- and second-class passengers
in single and double-bedrooms with necessary latrine and bathing arrangements
and provision for cooking and eating food.
(8) Administrative section comprising:
Office accommodation;
Telephone room:
Quarters for medical officers;
Quarters for nursing staff;
Dining-room for staff;
Kitchen:
Store-rooms;
Quarters for general staff.
(9) Residence for senior medical officer.
(10) Hospital section comprising:
Hospital of thirty beds;
Observation block near the entrance to the isolation area;
Changing block on boundary of isolation area;
Mortuary and laboratory on boundary to serve both hospital and detention
sections.
(11) Crematorium.
(12) Tramway and trucks for conveyance of baggage.
Disinfecting Block.
A standard disinfecting block could comprise a building 92 feet long and 44 feet 6 inches
wide. This is separated into two parts by a transverse partition wall, which is intersected
by the disinfectors. For a large station such as Shanghai, each disinfector could consist
of two 9-foot units. Each of these has an inside measurement of 6 feet 6 inches by 4 feet
6 inches and a capacity of about 520 cubic feet. Approximately 620 blankets at one time
can be disinfected. The steam for the disinfectors is brought from the main boiler, and
delivered at a pressure of 80 to 100 lb. to the steam distributing box. The working pressure
m the chamber is 10 lb. to the square inch, and a vacuum attachment provided which
gives a vacuum of 20 to 25 inches of mercury. Attachments for formaldehyde gas and
for hydrocyanic gas may be fitted.
Standard Bathing Block.
This type of bathing block is entirely different from those seen in other stations
visited in the Far East, where either a large concrete bath capable of holding about thirty
persons or a group of showers playing on a space capable of holding about this number of
persons is the usual provision. Such a form may be regarded as an alternative if the
question of individual privacy is not necessary.
A standard bathing block could consist of a building 52 feet 6 inches long and 35 feet
wide. This is capable of containing two separate blocks, each of which consists of thirteen
shower units. Each shower unit consists of the usual three cubicles — one for undressing,
the central one containing the shower and the third for dressing. An exit corridor leads
from the dressing cubicles to the outer doorway. Separate sanitary accommodation is
provided for each group of thirteen units. Hot and cold water is laid on to each shower,