. Health in home and town. comes heavier and sinks to the floor. Inlets and Outlets. — In order to have a regular planfor ventilation, each room must have a place arrangedfor the pure air to enter, called an inlet. The openingmay be a window, a door, or a register. Each roommust also have a means of escape for the foul air, calledan outlet. The outlet may be a register, a stairway, ora fireplace. The size and the location of the inlets andoutlets are very important, and may make all the differ-ence between good and poor ventilation. Their arrange-ment in houses is somewhat different from that
. Health in home and town. comes heavier and sinks to the floor. Inlets and Outlets. — In order to have a regular planfor ventilation, each room must have a place arrangedfor the pure air to enter, called an inlet. The openingmay be a window, a door, or a register. Each roommust also have a means of escape for the foul air, calledan outlet. The outlet may be a register, a stairway, ora fireplace. The size and the location of the inlets andoutlets are very important, and may make all the differ-ence between good and poor ventilation. Their arrange-ment in houses is somewhat different from that in largebuildings like schoolhouses, theaters, and churches. Arrangements of Openings. — The inlets and outletsmay be arranged near the floor or the ceiling. Thediagram shows the result of ventilation with differentpositions of the inlet and the outlet. The curved linesindicate the current of air circulating in the room. In A, HOW TO VENTILATE THE HOUSE 35 <^ •—^ +~& ^3 ^-^- -r ^« ^ V .__^£ Breathing Z/n -. &4&F&G&
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