The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-23
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p,cuyoxp, VA, March 81, 1871,

RICHMOND. A., MarCn a, Aoii'
-. D., Etgfor Of the D'spatch'
~. ! am glad to see from your files that
%,;It;nr Committee Of the Board OF
,N "',; has extended the time allowed
'.'Y1 ,'ntj;nc in plans. &c. for the pubic
', ' ''i'S and hope that this regard
'.'ri;n ,niuiou NAV he taken rs guar
-. ,bat no rlan will be adopted until after
y Irtsii oj il is given by the architects
s. -" ,Ic committee has deliberated well
~ ,,. 49, roccnt introduction Of public schools
,,,,r community tends very much to
.,, AIR. ewes 10 their Importance, ana 10
r,rnS.ity Of attending well TO the con-
....'tinn al the School-houses. However
mn, be its exterior. pubic school-
.,> ~ contain not less than 500 children,
,.;rr. She greatest talent Of the architect,
: more difficult to construct than
- ~ theatre 10 hold the same number
Mli>: not only because ot the lnapinty
rh,i1vrn ~ take care Of themselves,
... lc,all<c OF the tendency OF Their young,
.,.lg. bodies 10 contract disease, which. IL
'.,, NOT fatal. will produce IN abortive
~ and make them the progcnitors Of
.,.l >.yAlirr brood, less capable OF abor
r...> susceptible Of education. 1" 1t cam
,yy, nh eminent physician, be too
.'n.,ly recognized that Il local mortality
1.rtrrn must almost necessarily denote
-f.nr~ inca! prevalence OF those causes
-, Determine, drccneracy of race
t--..m = large collection Of tables of the
...',,.j> II air which accompanied the re-
g.. n p~rfrSSor Henry and others to Con-
.. nm Warming and Nentilating the
....,,!." made by men Of various nations,
NM The results Of their analysis of air
LIN ii every locality pos>lble-on NOUN
2. n..oIS. in balloons. in valleys, on the
$4,000, IN the city and country, &c, &c.,-
,..ti.;n j. more remarkable than the uni
al,,a purity Of the external atmosphere
,.ra.chout the world, even III large cities,
.,l ;l,. treat impurity III buildings gene
...t,. whether public or private. In the
.,r,ris Of Manchester. England. where the
,n from the two million tons OF coal
,r-ur3 there annually ILLS the air and
..rr.rArs like black cloud far into the
....,.Ycry. the average amount OF carbopic
...t Vlich i considered the test Of the
.,.,.,.ut ot impurities in the air. was found
u. l.. about - parts in 10000, or parts
,..r.. than whul j. contained in pure air,
.ll.r the Opera Comiquc, in Paris. in the
..r.rre. contained ID parts, and at the
ing - paris. and a 'rell-tiNcd school,
..t. - rAETS OF Carbonic acid i'll 10000.
Fb.> tremendous difference can arise from
,nug ~ much rs from want of ventila.
,.,g and proper sewerage. Forty per cent.
,.r ,....in> generally are due 10 the influence
.r f...I air: ana IN New York the Registrar
a. HrresdS gives nearly onc-half the deaths
IN that city - resulting from this cause.
W,r4nnot be too eXacting in inquiring
n;,, Into the plans Of the contemplated
A.o!-Aul!>e>. and after the best plan has
..,u 3Inn:cd. seeing that it is fully and
, .,atuIiy executed. a teW years age ven
.H.r.nD was considered one Of the simplest
...,,> OF the architect and it was thought
..,,. irDi 10 leave 4 small opening in or
!..r TIE ceiling that the impurities in the
~" might bv their own lightness seek an
exit.
Experience has now proved the tallacy of
IL plan. which WAS so recommended by its
>in,,lirily. The air cXhaled from the lungs
.ni pores OF the body being charged with
q. g..umir acid. ammonia. and animal mat
:. r and being heavier than the surround
H.. atmosphere. falls to the floor. and pro-
I..,ru must be made TO remove II there
from. The same is the case as to the i'm
rnf.ias produced hy the combustion of
banning ca>. &c. Unless the architect pro-
,ii-> tor their removal, they will cling TO
-. floor. and be the more delcterious to
}u.r-cns III" nearer they are to the surface.
/, i Til that has often made infants languid
and die when adults would enjoy compara-
rNrly GOOD health i'll the same locality.
hat provision is to be made to remove
tA..>r IMPURITIES il is not, ut least for the
present, ny province 70 say. | leave this
,.:.irrly To the architect. But as a citizen
u, Richmond. hope the Building Commit
t.r wrlcyamlnc we!lthe plans for these pub.
H.. ,chool-nou-cs offered 10 them, and not
iy their attention solely to their external
architecture or the commodious rooms, but
viii look well also into the sewerage, the
ventilation. and the heating of the different
lu,ldin4s. am, sir,
Yours. a., CIvIs.