Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-25
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
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To THE Editor OF THE T,xrs:
On account Of recent articles in tho
ZINES with reference to th. over.
crowded coalition Of Mr.. Butler.
|'chsoIroom, in justice to ourself from
publicity given us in last evening",
paper, although having the greatest
|ans'pathy to anything like Newspaper
|"otor;ety, especially on the part Of 4.
physician, yet we have thought, under
|soe circumstances, it but just to the
puol'c to place before them q few
facts with reference to the subject of
|'over'crowding," and consequently
insufficient ventilation ia schools.
In the 6rst place, We have the e..
jtaoI'shed fact that each individual in
=" ordinarily-packed room or assem-.
|o'age must, in order to have good
Ventilation, have thoroughly distrib.
|oted to each Of them per hour from
two to three thousand cubic feet Of
pure, fresh air; and a. there arc said
to be IS pupils attending in Mrs.
Buffers room, you may take the min.
mum quantity-say 2OOO cubic feet
multiply it by rs, the result would
give she number of cubic feet-15O,.
oo0-required by the healthy standard
tor breathing purposes by all the chill.
dren in the room for one hour. The
questions would naturally arise, how
many cubic feet of air does the room
supply without ventilation, and how
long would it last before having to be
breathed over again, and how often
might it be breathed and rebreathed
without perceptible deleterious effects?
We all know the result of q repeated
use of the same air passing through
the lungs several times in succession:
that it becomes heavily charged with
acid gas, as welt a. what are
the remote effects of an atmosphere
charged with more than 9 parts of car.
bonic acid to 10000 parts of air, the
air will become oppressive and heavy;
and when charged with l part in 1000
it becomes unbearable.
We would naturally ask also, is it
possible to vcntilate small room oc.
cupied by 75pupils sufficiently to give
to each their 1000 cubic feet of fresh
mir every hour: The problem may be
\ simple enough one in summer, when
doors and windows may be thrown
open without the dangers of pneumo.
MIA and other chest troubles being
from a contact with a cur.
rent of cold air rushing into heated
room. But in winter, in q cold eli.
mate, the case is altogether different;
and it is All established fact that over
crowded rooms, good ventilation and
satisfactory heating are three things
that are incompatible, and that it is
to have the three together.
This fact should be fully understood
and realized, especially with reference
10 schoo!rooms, for its thorough com.
prshension by parents will ultimately
save many a heartache and self-re.
proach. Tho i'll effects of overcrewd.
ing and ill-ventilation, although very
,ertain and very serious, are not i'm
mediate, or such rs to attract atten-
lion at first, except in more delicate
who will complain at once Of
leadac he, languor, loss OF appetite,
tic. Children thus affected soon
earn to dread the schoolroom. The
'ower OF the human organism to adj
ust itself to surrounding circum-
tances is very great, and perhaps as
,reat in regard to the endurance Of
oul air as anything else. Yet this
lower is greater in seeming than in
eslity, especially in the case Of young
hildren, for such air produces disease
nd shortens life, and its effects are
manifest in diseases of the respiratory
rgans, ETC., both acute and chronic,
nd where thu over-crowding is ex.
essive and ventilation corresponding.
y bad, the effects are immediate and
he results fatal, Is might be cited, for
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