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Title: Health in home and town
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Bertha Millard, b. 1870
Subjects: Sanitation, Household Public health
Publisher: Boston, D.C. Heath
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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When heatingwith hot water or steam, heat comes from the radiatorand no fresh air is admitted through the heating ap-paratus. Air is sucked up from the floor and heated over and over again.Fresh air, even if cold,must be admitted byway of the windows ifno other means of ven-tilation is provided.(See the figure.) Ventilating Shafts.—The fireplace and itsopening or flue offer thebest way of withdraw-ing foul air from a living-room or bedroom. In manyinstances its use for ventilation and decoration are itsonly excuses for being used so extensively. A ventilat-ing shaft may be built in any partition, where afireplace would be impossible. A shaft is only a verylong, narrow, wooden box, and may be built from thefirst floor to the roof. A register in the baseboard ofthe room opens into the shaft, and provides for theexit of impure air. Systems of House Ventilation. — Most small housesand most apartment houses are without any system ofventilation. The builders are far more anxious to heat
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Circulation of Air from a Radiator HOW TO VENTILATE THE HOUSE 39 than to ventilate such houses. The doors and windowsmust do the work of ventilation. Houses of the betterclass are being equipped with some system of ventilat-ing as well as of heating. Arrangements are made fordrawing off the foul air as well as for admitting warm,fresh air. Value of Living Out-of-doors. — People are justbeginning to realize the value of living out-of-doors.Piazzas and balconieson houses and apart-ments, trolley andsteamboat riding, pub-lic baths and parks,open air schoolroomsand camps, all testifyto the universal desireto be out-of-doors inthe summer. Sleeping Out-of-doors.— The well andthe sick are not satis-fied with being indoors even at night. Many aresleeping out-of-doors. Careful arrangements shouldbe made for protection from the ground, the rain, thewinds, and the cold. A Sleeping-Porch. — A balcony or a piazza, especiallyif it opens out of a bedroom, is an ideal place for sleep-ing. Many

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