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The hospital can accommodate 72 children up to the age of 7. The average floor and air space per bed are re? spectively 5.14 sq. metres and 19.5 cub. metres. The aggregate area of the hospital is 1.2 hectares. In 1925 a building with 50 beds calculated for children convalescents was erected in the premises of the hospital. The convalescence department is in charge of the senior physician of the Children’s Hospital. 10. CONVALESCENT HOME »SKJOLDBORG«. The Home, which is situated at Frederiksvaerk, about 67 km. from Copenhagen was opened in 1917 and can accommodate 34 women discharged as con? valescent from the municipal hospitals. The patients normally stay about four weeks. The daily management of the Home is in the hands of a matron, a trained nurse; the medical supervision is in charge of a local practitioner who normally attends the convalescents once a week. The administration of the Home is, in conformity with the other municipal convalescent and nursing homes, directly controlled by the Directorate of Hospitals. 11. NURSING HOME »GYVELHOLM«. The Home, situated at Holte, about 15 km. to the north of Copenhagen, was opened, in 1918 and can accommodate 28 adults (men) suffering from tubercu? losis of the lungs, (slow consumption) without fever