The sanatorium itself is half a mile from the gates.
The different wards and tents are detached and slightly apart from each other and form a little white township at the foot of the hill.
The nurses” quarters are in the middle, and the male and female patients’ accommodation on either side.
The scores are apart from each other, except at meal times, when they have the same dining room, but different tables.
Everything is beautifully flesh and new, the walls spotlessly white of fibrous cement and Bon Accord paint.
There are also seven tents each holding five beds, as well as buildings used for bathrooms and lavatories, kitchens for invalid cooking, etc.
These so called tents, or pavilions, are encased in wood and covered with canvas, the roof projecting so as to form a venandah.
There is nothing in their appearance to distinguish them from the other buildings, and they look remarkably light and airy and graceful.
The doors at both ends are open day and night, and on the veranda, attached to all the budding, patients may sit on deck chairs.
Each tent and ward has a spray pump for disinfecting purposes, also a chemical fire extinguisher in case of an outbreak.
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