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18 items (all originally enclosed in Gambia despatch number 151 of 1 May 1936, and...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1165
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- MPG 1/1165
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936
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18 items (all originally enclosed in Gambia despatch number 151 of 1 May 1936, and Gambia despatch number 324 of 16 September 1936) extracted from CO 87/243/1. The Gambia: Georgetown. Eighteen sheets of plans, elevations and sections of proposed Protectorate Hospital and quarters for staff. (1), (2) 'Drawing 520/4.' Amended scheme July 1936.Ground and first floor plans, front elevation and section. Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet. SMO's [Senior Medical Officer] revised plan, traced by A B J[allow] and signed by J R Gwyther, Director of Public Works, PWD [Public Works Department], The Gambia. 2 copies. (3), (4) 'Drawing 520/5.' Alternative arrangement of buildings. Ground and first floor plans and front elevation. Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet. Traced by A B J[allow], signed by J R Gwyther, as above. 2 copies. (5) 'Drawing 520/1.' Floor plan and block plan on a single sheet. Scale: floor plan 1 inch to 8 feet; block plan 1 inch to 16 feet. Signed by Gwyther as above and by Wilson Rea, SMO [Senior Medical Officer]. (6) Blueprint copy of (5). (7) 'Drawing 520/2.' A sheet of elevations and sections of various buildings including male and female wards, out-patients, and waiting shelter. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. Signed (in block capitals) by Gwyther as above. (8) Blueprint copy of (7). (9) 'Drawing 520/8.' Plans and elevations of out-patients, laundry, mortuary, x-ray, kitchen and store room, latrine and bath. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. Drawn and traced by Jallow, signed by Gwyther and Rae as above. Inset: site plan, hospital at Georgetown, The Gambia. (10) Blueprint copy of (9). (11) 'Drawing no. 522.' 'Quarters for Dispenser, Bathurst [now Banjul], Type 3 room house.' Plan, front and end elevations and section. Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet. Drawn and traced by Jallow, signed by Gwyther and Rae as above. (12) Blueprint copy of (11). (13) 'Drawing no. 489A.' 'Quarters for Medical Staff (African Dressers and Electricians).' Floor plan, front and end elevations and section. Drawn and traced by Jallow, signed by Rae as above. Also signed by P G Burrage, Acting Director of Public Works. (14) Blueprint copy of (13). (15) 'Drawing no. 475A.' 'The Septic Tank. Soakage pit, plan and section. Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot. Drawn and traced by Jallow, signed by Gwyther and Rae as above. (16) Blueprint copy of (15). (17) 'Drawing no. 527.' 'Type 2 - bedroom quarters' Ground and first floor plans., elevation and section. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. Drawn and traced by Jallow, signed by Gwyther as above.(18) Blueprint copy of (17). Enclosed in Gambia no 151 of 1 May 1936, and Gambia no 324 of 16 Sept. 1936 (Amended Scheme, July 1936).
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 872
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