OPEN THAT WINDOW!
COLDS IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES “I should like to see our health officers /devote a . little time to the state of our railway carriages,” said Dr. Ea.rdley Fenwick, lecturing in the Town Mall last night. “I say without hesitation that' the condition in which these carrages are kept is n. disgrace to the Department. They are allowed to fye overcrowded, flhey aro badly ventilated and improperly cleaned. “The travelling public is not blameless. People seem to have an extraordinary objection to liaving open windows in tho carriages they travel zin. ‘Colds’ are caught by being infected bv the cold germ. No draught, which, after all, is just another name for a current of fresh air, ever gavo anybody a cold yet. Whenever you enter a railway carriage, open your window. If you cannot keep it open all the -way, ’if you will open it from time to time at stations, braving the black looks and' even the abuse with which you will inevitably be met, you Will be' doing a very great service to the travelling public, and incidentally greatly lessening your own chances ot catching various diseases.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19221125.2.24
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 53, 25 November 1922, Page 5
Word Count
190OPEN THAT WINDOW! Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 53, 25 November 1922, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.