Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-30
HAVE PLENTY OF FRESH AIR.
Good Ventilation Does Not Mean
However, That One Must Have
Draft.

However, That One Must Have a
DRAFT.
from New York Tribunel
In spite of all that has been preached
and written upon the subject, it is doubt
full whether the vast multitude of people
yet appreciate the value of fresh air. A
considerable acquaintance with the travel
ing public forces person to this eonclu-
sion. Even persons of intelligence are
ity the dangers of supsrheated house
than the temporary discomfort caused by
lowering the temperature to the degree
called for BY health. In order to experience
all the benefits OF pure air il is not neces-
sary to be what is popularity known as a
''fresh air.crank."
The amount of actual drafts of air which
different persons can endure with eQuani-
nifty is quite different. In due considera-
ton for the welfare of those around us, we
should not throw open the windows of o
railway car of any room suddenly, howey-
er close and unwholesome the atmosphere
may seem. Persons who have been sitting
in close apartment have by that means
become weakened, SO that they are quite
liable to catch cold from the sudden
change caused by the entrance of pure air
In all cases of this kind the air must be
gradually changed. Many a case of pneu-
monia may be traced to some robust per
sons coming in from the outdoor sir, an.
nouncing "the room was Gloss" and throw
ing open the windows to change it as sud
denly as possible, despite the presence OF
other occupants who had been sitting in
the close room.
Such a sudden change of the tempers.
ture of the room is always safe for the per.
son coming in from the fresh sir, but not
to those who happen to be in the room fol
some time.
But because it is necessary to exercise
care in changing the air of a room which
has become vitusted, il does not prove II
safe to breath such air. 1t simply proves
| the power of close air as an active agent il
| deteriorating the system. Nothing is more
/ hazardous than to habituate ones self to
| close, superheated house. Only persons oi
the greatest strength can endure such un
| wholesome surroundings. As a matter oi
| fact the very poor, who necessarily suffel
| more from diseases caused by exposure, dS
not show as high q mortality as people il
a well to do or wealthy rank of life from
the various zymotic diseases caused by tn,
| foul air of overheated rooms, poisoned Al
II
sewer and furnace.
The statement seems startling, yet IL i
Il supported by statistics of the highest au
i thority, that tiiphtheria. that most dreaded
| of scourges, fourishes TO far greater ex
i tent in the dwellings of the rich than in tn
homes of the very poor. The poor man
dwelling, in spite of the want of hygien'
apparent in ali the household management
has at least the advantage of being disin
fected by the most powerful of all disin
fectants, cold and frost The fact that hi
children have but scsnty clothing does no
effect their health to any such extent as tn
poisone.s gases do the children in comfor
table circumstances. The poor child be
comes hardened to the cold.
No house is fit to live in that is not sys
temstically washed out every day witt
fresh, cold air. The windows in each room
in the house that 10 occupied should b
systematically opened for at least ten min
utes some time during the day, and shoult
be arranged 90 that there Is . continuou
supply of pure, fresh air coming in tn
room and an exit for the used up air. Al
open fireplace is one of the best means o
solving this difficulty. There are variou
systems of ventilation on which volume
have been written. The greatest need
however, is to adopt some system anC
/ not 10 ntRlcCb u 0cschAAoA "
well being of those whom you care mos
for.
Where furnace is used it is necesssr,
to see that the cold air box opens outdoors
As furnace or stove heat tends to exhaus
the supply of pure air, it is essential tina
water be always kept on the furnace in tn
receptacle intended for it. 1t is also neces
sary that a constant supply of pure air b
kept flowing into the room in some way 3
it does not produce draft.