| Description | DM162/10/12/folio 132. Letter to B. Hawes regarding Renkioi hospital buildings. The letter relates to information obtained to determine number and dimension of principal buildings and requirements such as wards, surgeries, kitchens, washhouses, etc., but requirement of details such as staff accommodation, construction dependent on position of offices, etc., request as to with whom to confer for experienced opinion. 27 February 1855.
DM162/10/12/folio 134. Letter to B. Hawes relating to Smyrna hospital. The letter relates to the inability to reply to Waterson's lettter to Lord Panmure due to uncertainty of writer referring to any business of Brunel's, doubt as to Panmure knowing of builders' appointment, etc., unaware that person such as Waterson required. 27 February 1855.
DM162/10/12/folios 134. Letter to B. Hawes relating to Renkioi hospital buildings. Memoranda of sites requisites including healthy climate, safe and sheltered near sea, unexposed to storms, good water supply, level of ground, means of drainage, ventilation by sea breezes, reports of sites to include sketch, access, elevation, water supply, nature of ground, etc. 28 February 1855.
DM162/10/12/folios 138. Letter to B. Hawes relating to Renkioi hospital buildings. Requirement of information on sites, materials available, purpose, difference from ordinary hospitals, no data available, reliance on general opinions, etc., detailed recommendations including adaptability of parts for different sites, limited extent capable of extension, ventilation, completeness of each ward, cleanliness, ease of transport and erection, blocks of wards, water closets, lavatories, operating rooms, etc., dimensions, construction materials, windows, offices, lighting, heating, bakeries, staff buildings, water supply, completion of experimental ward, contractors and tenders, authority to make contracts, economy, avoidance of delay etc. 5 March 1855. |