Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1893 — Ventilation of Sleeping-Rooms. [ARTICLE]

Ventilation of Sleeping-Rooms.

The proper arrangement of draughts for the ventilation of sleeping-rooms has perplexed all. One thing, however, is certain. It has been proved by actual experiment that a layer o( air lies against the walls which ia subject to very little movement even when there is a strong circulation in the middle of the room. It Is, therefore, important that abed should not be placed close to the wall. If kept there during the daytime, it should be moved at least several inches out into the room at night. Alcoves and curtains should be avoided. In an alcove inclosed on three sides a lake of air forms, which may be compared to the stagnant pools often observed along the margins of rivers. A few yards away a rushing tide may be moved swiftly along, but these placid pools fire unruffled by the current. While placing the bed, especially the head of jit, where it will be shielded from the strongest draught, there should stjll be enough motion to the air in that vicinity to Insure fresh supplies constantly throughout the night. The prevailing lack of appetite for breakfast, as well as many cases of anaunia and worse diseases, are due to the breathing over and over again of the same in-re-stricted bed-rooms, where beds are too often placed In alcoves or are shielded by curtains, which are far too seldom shaken out in the fresh air.