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This area was used as an open casket viewing room for people who died of highly contagious diseases, and needed to be isolated from the living during the wake - a service not possible at a regular funeral home.

The double doors leading to the foyer could be closed, and a separate adjacent door leads to the room behind the glass, allowing the body to be safely transported by a professional without great risk of spreading the infection. The glass room has been rather unceremoniously been covered with plywood - perhaps there was no need for this service in the later years of the hospital due to modern medicine, and the small room was transformed to a closet.

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