Abstract
We have investigated the traffic to medical and surgical wards to get the fundamental idea for estimation of the number of elevator in hospital ward. The results are as follows : (1) There are about 7〜8 movements to each ward per bed per day. that is- nurses 2.0〜2.5 times doctors 1., 〜1.5 times other staffs 〜1.0〜 times patients 〜1.0〜 times visitors 2.0〜2.0 times total 7.0〜8.0 times (2) The number of traffic to and from ward by stretchers, wheel chairs and carts per day is a third of number of beds. (3) Peak traffic periods are 9 : 00 to 10 : 00, 13 : 00 to 14 : 00 and 15 : 30 to 16 : 30. But fluctuation of traffic to the ward is not so remarkable. The highest peak is made by visitors during visiting hour.
