HEAT AND VENTILATION

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 59, 1 June 1927, Page 5

HEAT AND VENTILATION

Many grown-ups and children contract colds through sleeping in icy cold bedrooms. Fires may be out of the question, but if an ordinary oil lamp or a small stove is burned for a short time in the room before the occupant retires, the atmosphere will be appreciably warmer. As a general rule, the windows should be kept open day and night, but in foggy weather it is a mistake to throw them open first thing in the morning. The moisture penetrates the rooms and penetrates the bedclothes, with the result that the sleeper is conscious of much discomfort and may contract a chill. The bed in such weather should be aired and made before the window is opened. Old people and those who are extremely sensitive to the cold, especially during the early hours of the morning, when their vitality is at its lowest ebb, should resort in time to an extra blanket. Sheets of newspaper and brown paper make excellent substitutes. They may either be spread between the blankets or several layers may be lightly tacked together and covered with an old coverlet front and back to resemble a quilt, to which this homely and inexpensive arrangement is little inferior, since paper is a splendid heat conductor.