MODEL CITY FOR HEALTH.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 347, 25 March 1911, Page 2

MODEL CITY FOR HEALTH.

I A French hygienist, M. Ilenriet, \ iias given the plans on which a city | should he built for health and cornI fort, in our temperate zone. He ; says : All the avenues ought to be | parallel and run from north-east to ; south-wost in order that the prevail- ! ing south-west winds may circulate i through them freely and thus pre- ; vent any stagnation in the air. The ! houses should face one avenue and ; have their backs to the parallel one, [ without, any interior court, and they should he only one room thick with ! a window in front and back, and a door on a corridor parallel to the street, and having as many windows : as the number of rooms. Every 300 yards there should be streets run- ; ning at right angles to the first. j The avenues ought to be as wide as the houses are high, in order that the latter shall have as much sun- ' light as possible. About every halfmile there should he an open square. j The avenues should be planted with ; groups of shrubs, 6 to 10 feet high, ! alternating with pedestals of flowers. j All tb.3 roofs should be fiat, with plants, flowers, chairs, and tables, i and, of course, with an awning that | could be roiled up when not needed. jTo this plan another expert says I there should be added an interior j court where a good part of the fain--1 ily life is passed in some European I countries.