Volume 2

A danger to the public health.

Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A danger to the public health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    the subject is a difficult one. For example, after a few hours' stay in our new Law Courts, people conclude that it would be much better to rely upon the open fireplace for warming, and an open window for ventilation, than upon the elaborate system employed [mechanical ventilation by im- pulsion], which sends them away with aching heads, cold feet, and a general feeling of vialaise.' The following extracts from the report in question are instructive:— REPORT ON THE VENTILATION OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. ' There is no doubt that a state of matters, very far indeed removed from ideal ventilation, exists at present in the Houses of Parliament, and more especially in the House of Commons. 'It is probable that casual observers who have had the warming and ventilating arrangements explained to them, and who have been further informed of the great body of air that is con- tinually being passed through the various sections, would naturally be impressed with the apparent completeness of the whole arrangements. Theo- retically, no doubt, the present system of warming and ventilating seems satisfactory.'