Hospital Housekeeping by Charlotte A. Aikens

[Sidenote: The Hospital Kitchen]

With the advance in science, and a better knowledge of things desirable and things avoidable in hospital construction, a gradual change is taking place in institutions designed for the care of the sick. Perhaps in no department have greater changes taken place than in the construction of the modern hospital kitchen. Instead of being located in the basement, where odors from cooking were diffused throughout the whole building, and where absence of light invited the accumulation of dirt, the kitchen is now located in the top story, or, if the hospital be built on the cottage plan, in a separate building. In deciding on the location, one thought should be prominent-the possibility of conveying cooked food without delay to those for whom it is prepared. With proper facilities for keeping food hot, this important point is not difficult of accomplishment.