Sanatorium Gosport

PROPOSED SANATORIUM, GOSPORT - The contract for erecting this building has been given to Mr. John Croad of Gosport. There will be three distinct buildings, the hospital itself being quite apart from the administrative and laundry blocks. Internally there will be two distinct hospitals, each having an entrance of its own. Altogether there will be room for sixteen beds. Separate wards for men, women, and children, will be provided at both ends of the building; that at the western end for women being 36 feet in length by 22 feet, and containing five beds, while that for men will be 24 feet by 16 feet, and will. contain two beds. The eastern end will be similarly arranged, the exception being that the women's ward will be 19 feet in width, for three beds only. Nurses’ rooms are also provided, and a verandah, 40 feet long by 10 feet, will surmount the necessary offices. In the administrative block will be a nurses' sitting room on the first floor, a second story furnishing two large and three small bedrooms, with an attic floor above. Mr. G. E. Bolshaw, of Southport, is the architect. [Builder 12 March 1898 page 261]

Reference    Builder 12 March 1898 page 261
Reference    Builder 8 April 1899 Page 352
Reference    Hampshire Post and Southsea Observer Friday 11 February 1898 Page 8
Reference    Hampshire Telegraph Saturday 1 April 1899 Page 5 - opening
Reference    Portsmouth Evening News Saturday 1 April 1899 Page 3 - opening
Reference    Hampshire Post and Southsea Observer Friday 7 April 1899 Page 8 - opening