AN ORDER OF THE BATH.
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Description of a Motorvan, Carrying Twelve Folding Baths, for the St. John Ambulance Association.
We reproduce a photograph on this page of the first motor bath wagon, which has been sent to the Front. It has been constructed on a standard Daimler touring-car chassis by Brown, Hughes and Strachan, Ltd., to the order of the St. John Ambulance Association.
Twelve folding baths are carried ; these are of waterproof canvas
mounted on a stout, folding-iron framing. When in use these are laid out, six on each side of the car, in tents formed by drawing out substantial canvases secured to tent poles, thus forming two compartments, of about 8 ft. by 10 ft. each, with the car in the centre, Canvases are also stretched on the ground under the baths. Hot water is supplied by taps projecting at each side of the forward end of the car body, and hoses are secured to the nozzles. The heating apparatus is in duplicate, and situated inside the body. • When working at maximum, the circulating system supplies water at the rate of two gallons a minute to each of the two bath taps. The supply tank holds 50 gallons of water, and the two boilers take five gallons each. Additional equipment, carried inside the van, includes two substantial cupboards and large shelves, and a fumigating cupboard. The latter consists of a double iron casing measuring about 4 ft. by 4 ft. by 18 ins. Brass rods furnished with hook ,s suffi-". cient to hang 30 suits of clothes, are provided, The inner casing of this cupboard is lined with a . special material for preventing. the. condensation of the steam, which rises through a central perforated plate from a tank below ; this tank contains water and certain chemicals, the fumes of which are effective for the desired -purpose.A further part of the equipment is that which enables a reasonable quantity. of thoroughly sterilized drinking water to be supplied. One Obthese Brown, Hughes and Strachan motor baths can be fitted to any of the stronger examples' UreXisting touring-car chassis.