Many navies placed carrier sick bays directly beneath the hangar. The location kept medical facilities close to casualties coming down from the aviation spaces. It also put the sick bay beneath fuel and explosive hazards. Clarke's preference is to separate the sick bay from the hangar, despite the convenience of the common arrangement.
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The sick bay beneath the carrier hangar
Carrier sick-bay placement illustrates a design tradeoff between fast casualty access and exposure to hangar-deck hazards.