Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-24

these arrangements in the cheaper class
oI Iehament houses? In many of these
houses a square wooden spout leads
from the sink, on the outside of the
house, into cesspool impcrlectlv GOV.
cred. The wooden spout is seldom wa
ter,IlSht, OFTEN decayed, and the spout,
ana the house and ground near it, are
saturated with decomposing seapsuds
ana grease. Every time the sink is used
Ihe ilquld filth of the cesspool is stirred
up, ana the death. dealing odors have a
Tree passage through the large spouts
INTO the house, and generally into the
room occupied by the family. Asiatic
cholera luxuriates in such houses. and A
Whole host OF other diseases find in
them their appropriate nourishment and
ABIDING places. Let every sink, drain
ana cesspool be covered air-tight. and
let every pipe and spout for conveying
siop-Water be made perfectly water.
tight. Then let everv sink in these
houses, ana IN all houses, be provided
win traps TO prevent entirely the es-
cape OF foul air from the pipes into
houses.
SLEEPING ROOMS.
One-third Of our existence, more or
less, is spent in sleeping-rooms, and vet
rs general rule, these rooms are the
smallest and most poorly ventilated in
our houses. A large class of our popu.
Iatlon living in boarding houses. and
many IN private dwellings, spend their
nights in rooms with not more than one
half or two-thirds the cubic feet of
SPACE that allnvfyoH
our prisons, and with none of the vepti-
latlon which is considered essential to
all well-constructed prisons. The ef-
iects upon health are evil, and that con-
tlnually. In some of the streets in this
ana other cities, in the warm. still NOR
hlngS OF summer, as the windows of the |
crowded houses are opened, the whole |
atmosphere IS perceptibly impregnated |
WIN the Impure air which issues forth |
from the sleeplng-rooms of the inhabit-
anus The paper covering the walls of
sleeplng-rooms is often a serious nuis.
ance. 1t is porous, absorbing and re-
tanning Impurities Of the air: the paste
used becomes moist and undergoes fer
nenCatlon, producing mould, mildew
ana poisonous fungi, which, as the pa
per becomes old and broken, sends forth
e7mlanatlons producing fevers and other
This evil is increased ten-fold,
ana made ten-fold more dangerous. if
Sleeping rooms are occupied by sick per-
SONS Rooms in which there have been
cases OF sickness, and particularly of
levers, should never be used until the
walls have been cleaned and thoroughly
WhlteWashed with fresh Stacked lime.
IL We're lar better if our sleeping rooms
lad no paper on the wall and much less
ufhlture IN them, and if the walls were
Fequently washed or whitewashed
"lth special reference to the prevention
u cholera, sleeping rooms should never
De on the lower floors of our houses,
me poison which causes the cholera
Ike all malarious pOisons, is low and
1t keeps near the ground.
ma particularly in the damp air of the +
iISht IT often Creeps into the lower /
ooms OF house and into easements. l
'hen 1t does not reach the upper rooms.
-VOid, then, sleeping on the lower floors 7
l houses when possible. Sleeping rooms
re generally opened to the air in the t
aytlme for a short period but not sui.
GENTLY. They should be freely exposed -,
'r longer periods to the air and to the /
might, so as to remove the moisture n
hlch collects on the walls in the night. =
nd to destroy and prevent the forma- .
on Of mould and mildew. For sleep- T
lg rooms ventilate, ventiate. ventil- Il
-e; permit no filthy paper and paste on =
le walls whitewash frequently. and y
We them the benefit OF free air and
might in the daytime, as much as DOS, 0
BILE. fl
GENERALLY Il