| Wards with 9 beds | £427,775 | |
| Wards with 25 beds | 231,000 | |
| Saving | £196,775 | |
| Deduct cost of Netley, already incurred | 119,000 | |
| Saving from abandoning Netley | = | £77,775 |
The cost of the administration per 1000 beds at Netley and Aldershot would stand as follows:
| Netley | £427,775 | |
| Aldershot, pavilions, with 3 superimposed wards and 25 sick in each, would require 3 Orderlies and 1 Nurse[14] to each ward, and would cost £264 per bed in perpetuity, or per 1000 sick | 264,000 | |
| Difference of cost in favour of Aldershot | £163,775 | |
Some abatement would have to be made, as regards the cost of Netley, as there are a few wards with 16 or 18 sick.
If we take money at 4 per cent., the calculation will be as follows:
| Small wards, 2 Orderlies and a third of a Nurse, at £50 per annum; money at 4 per cent., per 1000 sick | £324,000 | |
| Wards of 30. 3 Orderlies and a Nurse, money at 4 per cent., per 1000 sick | 166,000 | |
| Extra cost of small wards | 158,000 | |
| Cost of Netley | 119,000 | |
| Saving in giving it up | £39,000 | |
13. Hospital Floors.
13. Floors.—In building a new Hospital or laying a new floor we shall hope to see, by degrees, everywhere introduced the only safe Hospital floor. In the expense the difference between oak and the best white deal ought never to be considered. The staircases and passages should always be of stone. When once an oak floor is well done with bees’-wax it is no longer an absorbing surface. There cannot be a doubt that the frequent washing of the floors, in London Hospitals, is one main cause of Erysipelas and Hospital Gangrene.
But, with regard to deal flooring,—