Hygiene for young people . one or two air is one of the causes of this high deathrate. While overcrowding is not nearly so commonin this country as in Britain, nevertheless thereare many homes in America in which theventilation is very bad. Many women amongus pass much of the daytime in two rooms—the kitchen and the living room. Now, the air in these two rooms can bemade fairly healthful by careful attention toventilation. If the living room has a fireplacewith a fire burning in it, as would be thecase in winter, most of the stuffy air willpass up the chimney, and fresh air will bedr
Hygiene for young people . one or two air is one of the causes of this high deathrate. While overcrowding is not nearly so commonin this country as in Britain, nevertheless thereare many homes in America in which theventilation is very bad. Many women amongus pass much of the daytime in two rooms—the kitchen and the living room. Now, the air in these two rooms can bemade fairly healthful by careful attention toventilation. If the living room has a fireplacewith a fire burning in it, as would be thecase in winter, most of the stuffy air willpass up the chimney, and fresh air will bedrawn in through the chinks between thewindows and window frames, ami between thedoors and door frames. So the inmates willbe kept warm and the room will he faiil\well ventilated. How about the ventilation at night ! Withonly one or two people sleeping in a smallbedroom, even if there is a fireplace in it, the 26 HYGIENE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. air in the room will be very stuffy beforemorning, and the inmates will awake feeling. FiGlRE 7.—An open fireplace is a splendid means of ventilating:a room. dull and tired, and perhaps cross and with aheadache. To avoid these bad effects, thoughtful people always sleep with the windows of theirbedrooms open. If there are plenty of bed-clothes, open windows can do no harm and the VENTILATION. 27 fresh air will do us a great deal of good. Weshall wake up feeling bright, fresh, and rested. In a schoolroom, again, especially in all oldschool-houses, it often happens that no painshave been taken by the trustees to plan therooms so that they can be properly modern school buildings, ventilating ap-pliances are used to pump fresh air into therooms or to suck the bad air out. But, in oldfashioned buildings, other means must be used. In all school-houses which are warmed withstoves, the window sashes should be arranged sothat the upper one can be lowered from the top,and the lower one raised from the the windows are arranged
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