'J'he  kitchen  is  twenty-two  feet  by  twenty-one,  having  outside  windows
upon  two  sides.  It  is  provided  with  a  range  of  suflicient  size  to  meet
the  requirements  of  the  institution.  Forty  loaves  of  bread  can  be
baked  at  one  time.  Upon  the  front  is  a  sink,  and  a  pump  that
supi)lies  water  for  culinary  purposes  from  a  cistern,  is  situated  a  few
feet  outside  of  the  building.  When  this  supply  is  exhausted  water  is
forced  into  the  cistern  from  a  well  near  by.  The  bakery  opens  from
the  kitchen.     The  newly-made  bread  was  tasted  and  found  good.
The  building  is  warmed  by  heaters  u])on  the  first  fioor,  that  furnish
hot  air  to  the  second  and  third  stories,  and  by  two  Baltimore  heaters


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that  deliver  heat  into  the  third  story  hall.  The  rooms  are  said  to
have  been  at  all  times  sufficiently  warm.  The  degree  of  heat  is  not
regulated  by  thermometers  in  tlie  wards.
All  the  windows  are  adjusted  with  weights  and  pulleys.
There  are  two  wards,  one  for  men  and  one  for  women.  The  ward
for  men  consists  of  ten  rooms  located  in  the  three  stories.  The  rooms
vary  in  size  and  in  the  numbci"  of  their  occupants.  There  are  no  sin-
gle rooms.  The  two  rooms  on  the  lirst  floor  are  each  eleven  feet  by
eight  and  one-half,  and  eight  feet  high,  with  a  capacity  of  seven  hun-
dred and  forty-eight  cubic  feet  of  air  each,  and  one  hundred  and  eighty-
seven  feet  per  inmate.  The  room  upon  the  second  floor  is  twenty-six
by  twenty-three  and  one-half  feet,  and  eight  and  one -half  feet  high,
with  nine  inmates.  At  the  east  are  two  large  windows,  near  the  door
is  a  sink  with  three  faucets  for  toilet  purposes,  and  one  reclining  chair.
