THE HABIT OF SLEEP

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 82, 3 October 1929, Page 27

THE HABIT OF SLEEP

The actual number o£ hours we devote to sleep is largely determined by habit (says a writer in "Everyman"). It is generally true that the more sleep we get the more we want. Our individual needs are not identical. Growing children require a great deal. of . sleerj, more than most of them get; women are said to need, more than men, though, unless they are expectant or nursing mothers, there would seem to be little foundation for the statement. From four to eight hours a night should satisfy every adult, though it is impossible to lay down universal rules. The common practice of sleeping in, comparatively stuffy bedrooms, with at most one small window open, and of using far too many blankets, tends to keep many people dangerously long in bed, and deprives them of much of that refreshment which a shorter night under better conditions would have afforded. •

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