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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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hotograph of his chimney with the standards. Smoke Unnecessary. — It has been proved in severalcities, that it is possible to run boilers without greatvolumes of black smoke, and with a saving of fuel.Public opinion must be brought to bear on the problemin order that cities may have clear skies. Ventilation in Public Places. —We little realize whata vast improvement it would be if all places of business,factories, offices, and stores were supplied with freshair. A ride in a close, hot car may make one feel unfitfor a long, hard days work. The enjoyment of attend-ing a theatre or church is often spoiled by the deadeningeffects of close air. A little inconvenience from a THE HEALTHFUL CITY 131 draught of fresh air is better than enduring foul air.Let us insist upon having the ventilators open in carsand in other public places. Fresh Air in Schools. — Educators are beginning torealize the amount of good that fresh air will do sickchildren. Fresh air schools have been established in
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A Fresh Air School Providence, Boston, Philadelphia, and other cities forchildren that are sick and delicate. These schools areheld out-of-doors the year round and produce a greatimprovement in the children. Perhaps some day thewell children also will be supplied with pure air. The Noise of the City. — Another drain upon thenerve force of city dwellers is the noise. From morningtill night, and from night till morning, there is a steadyhum and buzz in the heart of a great city. Probably i32 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN the whistles of the locomotives and factories are theloudest and most irritating sounds. Only one who haslived near a freight-yard or station can realize theamount of whistling, backing, and starting that goeson at night. In a factory city, the factory whistlebecomes a source of torture at six and seven oclock inthe morning and at other times during the day. Herea gong could give notice of the beginning of work tothose in the vicinity. Most workers live too far fromthe fact

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