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[接上页] (12) Such drinking fresh water draw-off taps shall be provided in addition to those provided in galleys and in washing accommodation. (13) For the purposes of paragraph (11), the number of drinking water stations shall be deemed to be adequate if there is provided not less than one for every 200 unberthed passengers or part thereof that the ship is certificated to carry or is intended to carry, whichever is the greater number. (14) There shall be fitted to each such drinking water system filtering equipment approved by the Director. Cap 369E reg 32 Hospitals and dispensaries, generally (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply engaged in voyages of more than 48 hours duration, a properly constructed hospital, separate from the passenger and crew accommodation, shall be provided. (2) A separate dispensary, fitted with lockers, shelves and drawers for medical equipment in accordance with the Merchant Shipping Medical Scales and fitted with a full length settee or examination table, shall be provided adjacent to each hospital. (3) All hospital accommodation shall be situated in one part of the ship so that, if circumstances require it, the entire space of the hospital accommodation may be used for isolation purposes. (4) All hospital accommodation shall contain at least one lavatory, immediately adjacent to and having direct access from the hospital. (5) Where any isolation hospital is provided as part of the hospital accommodation there shall be provided an additional lavatory, separate from that provided for the main hospital, having direct access to any such isolation hospital. (6) All hospitals, dispensaries and adjacent lavatories shall be- (a) constructed within permanently constructed steel erections with a clear height of not less than 7 feet and in accordance with regulation 6 and provided with adequate natural and artificial lighting; and (b) fitted with floor coverings approved by the Director and fitted in accordance with paragraphs (9) and (10) of regulation 7.(7) Every hospital shall be- (a) provided with doors and passages giving access thereto of at least 2 feet 6 inches in width in order to permit the passage of a stretcher; (b) provided with beds of internal dimension of at least 6 feet 3 inches by 2 feet 3 inches and constructed of metal with detachable sides; (c) provided with efficient heating arrangements; (d) fitted so that- (i) mechanical means of ventilation independent of the means of ventilation prescribed in regulation 21 is provided; (ii) the delivery of air shall be at least 1660 cubic feet per hour for each bed in a hospital; and (iii) natural supply and exhaust ventilation to the open air by means of ventilators independent of ventilators fitted to any other space in the ship shall be provided in addition to the mechanical means; and(e) fitted with an electric fan.(8) The beds in any hospital may be arranged in double tiers if the upper tier is hinged or is removable, and at least one bed in every hospital shall be in single tier and arranged, as far as is practicable, so that it is accessible from both sides and from the foot. (9) Every isolation hospital and adjacent lavatory shall be provided with a mechanical ventilation system, independent of the systems provided for other hospitals and lavatories. (10) Every stairway or ladderway leading to a deck on which a hospital accommodation is situated shall be placed at a suitable angle not less than 37 degrees from the vertical and shall be of a width adequate for the passage of a stretcher. (11) Every lavatory within or serving any hospital accommodation shall be- (a) provided with a wash-basin fitted with running fresh water and an efficient and hygienic discharge system with waste pipes so arranged as to facilitate cleaning; (b) provided with a single water-closet seat with a trapped pan of white vitreous china, with an adequate flush of water always available and an adequate soil pipe so constructed as to facilitate cleaning and minimize the risk of obstruction; and (c) adequately ligh |