VENTILATION OF THE THEATRE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 295, 22 January 1910, Page 8

VENTILATION OF THE THEATRE.

To the Editor. I Sir.—Kindly allow mP t n ,|,.. nv f nP i attention of the Borouoh Conned to the necessity of insisting upon an improvement in the present condition of the Theatre as regards ventilation. At. tin own n ?iin;ht. seated in (lif | body of t'.ie hall. T foum] the heat and , Md atmosphere siich as to make me t long to be outside. A3 I went out during tie interval I lad to pass under

ihe gallery. There the foninis- ~A the iiir was i:iten*ilicd liy the door- having 1 .':' ii shut ami bv tin' iriial ;'N-i nee n;

any mean- in -ii|>!'!'' : ,; .r '<> ; ; n> i-iv.'-' crowd \v!ii) occupied 'lie lii'i. The practice of keeping tin' doors >ii;u iliiriiiv.' tlio performance is, H suppose, unavoidable, but surely some means of i if' during pure air can lie found, for instance, by open fanlights over the doors. At any rate, it is incumbent on lbHealth Committee to remedy this scandal straight away. Wko can tell u foul diseases may be spread by one being compelled to breathe over and over again air expelled from the 1 nny.s of consumptives or other diseased persons. —1 am, etc., PURE AIU.