Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
NOVEL PLAN USED
IN HEALTH HOUSE
Chicago Model, Designed by
Physicians, Is Hygienic
and Comfortable.

A health house." built by COM
mittee of doctors, psychiatrists and en-
gineers. sounds like a miniature hos
pital, with everything sanitary but UNI
comfortable But this isn't the way
the countrys first "health house" looks
the National Association of Real Estate
Boards reports.
1t was opened last night in Chicago
by DR.. Arnold H. Kegel, commissioner
OF health. as feature of health show
being held by the city in the Coliseum
there in order to raise funds to over
come correctible defects of Chicago
public school children.
Soundproofing Featured.
Heralded for some time as the last
word in medical architecture. visitors
were surprised to see quaint little
white cottage nesting in gardens of
rosebushes, with not even as much as
o clinical thermometer outside or in 1t.
Soundproofing, heretofore employed
primarily in large buildings; skylights
that make it possible to take sun baths
at home, and an isolated room that can
be used in case of contagious disease
and for guest room otherwise, are
some of the features,
The house has been designed to de-
crease colds In the head, that take their
annual toll of almost every family, &C
cording to DR. Kegel-iLS construction
and furnishings were undertaken with
O ''dust-elimination' campaign in mind
and the colors used were those that
are easy on the eyes and nerves.
Here are some of the features Of the
house as explained by Commissioner
Kegel:
There has been a great deal of talk
about nervous women lately. Unneces-
sary noise is enough to make many
women extremely nervous. This is why
the health house is not only insulated
for heat control but has been sound
PROCEED as we'll as for nerve control.
Isolation Room Provided.
.'There also has been a great deal of
talk lately about the high cost of hos
pitalization for the small family of av-
erage means. This is why We included
q 'contagion' room in our house plans
This room, that can ordinarily be used
as q babys bed room or as a guest room
when there is no illness in the family,
Il so isolated on the house plan, with
antine can be achieved. A sliding panel
in one of the walls of this room, lead
ing into the kitchen, would make 1t
possible for food to be prepared and
passed into the room. The nurse, or
whoever might be in charge of the sick
person, could disinfect the dishes in the
bath room and place them on the back
sun porch that also opens from this
room.
dirt and dust are unhealthy. Germs
multiply where there is dirt or dust.
Every detail of the construction of this
house was scrutinized as TO whether or
not it was a dust carrier. For instance,
al baseboards are plain, fiat surfaces,
with no decorative grooves in which
dust can collect, and all doors are plain
and fiat like hospital doors, but are
nevertheless good looking, depending on
the wood and finish for their beauty.
Dust Is Minimized.
1.-THE dust elimination, in addition to
protecting the health of the family, of
course, makes the care of the house
easier for the housewife.
THE 'roll-ups skylight on the inclosed
porch makes 1t possible for the owner
to secure the direct rays of the sun In
the privacy Of his home. This skylight
Is made so 1t can be rolled back, allow
ing the air as well as sunlight to enter
the room. A person living in our health
house can pull down the shades at the
side OF the sun parlor, roll back the
roof and get his sunlight"