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stone quarries. It occupies threelots,Plans were drawn with the approval of City-County Health Director Cox, and members of the City-County Board of Health under the direction of Dr. Rawlings, The City-County Health Department has accepted the- gift O. H, Thorman is the architect and Pratl and Griem, the contractors who submitted low bids. Construction will be finished July 20.Large Waiting RoomExpectant mothers and mothers will be cared for at the clinic. Children will receive innoculations and protection against contagious diseases.The building will have a large waiting room, 31 by 24T and lobby, at the entrance. An important work room will be a demonstration room for mothers where they will be instructed in the proper preparation of milk, preservations and cooking of children's food, with utilization of methods that serve when ice cannot be had. This room will have kitchen stove, sink and baby cribs. There will be a waiting room and lecture hall, with a capacity of 130 persons. Other rooms will be drug dispensary, a supply room where milk will be available to mothers who cannot buy it, a. record room for complete records of the families cared for, a treatment room, where* * *Dressing RoomThere will be dressing rooms and toilet facilities for men and women and showers for women. There will be a room to be used in the future as an x-ray room and beyond this, a hallway with a waiting capacity of 40 persons. There will be a doctor's consultation room.At the rear of the building will be quarters, for a caretaker. The basement of the building .will be 40' by 42 feet. This room can be used for additional health service, Dr. Rawlings said. In addition there are two storage basement roams.Hot WaterThe building will be of the best type of fire resistant construction coupled with reasonable construction cost and designed for low maintenance expense, Dr. Rawlings pointed out.The foundation and footings are of reinforced concrete. Plastered walls of the interior will be waterproof. Floors will be of cement throughout, with the lobby floor of colored cement The building will be insulated with mineral wool and fibre. board ceiling, as . acoustical treatment Windows will be of steel, out-swinging- casement type. Heat will be by gas circulators with thermostatic control in the waiting room and demonstration rooms. Hot water will be supplied throughout the building.* ¥ *
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Fri, Mar 29, 1940
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