ROOFS AS BEDROOMS.
EAST ENTi NURSES ADOPT OPEN AIR METHODS.
' "Tiio number ot persons who sleep in tho <ii)en air has considerably multi-plied-during the last few years-/' says tho 'Sanitary liecord." Even in the East, End of London.'at scanc of the institutions, man}' of the nurses sleep \ipon the tops of the houses, especially Miicre the roofs are flat.
"In tho country, where .houses are isolated, beds are fixed up in the gardens, where the more venturesome members of a family take their rest. If; is useless to call this -simply a fad, for .the.beneficial effects have been so thoroughly tested that it can no longer be-looked upon as an. experiment. "Afc'fiiist the movement in favo\ir of outdoor sleeping .was favoured wholiy by" natien fs suffering from incipient tuberculosis, but not hnlf the persons who now practice it have ever berm in dipuer or fear of fcho great white n'lague.
"M.my take tho treatment for norv6ns disorders, some for delicacy of constitution, and others for pure enjoy?nent _ and- the invigorating effect cf breathing pure oxygen ' during slumber. But once a beginning is made, few earn to. relinquish tlia luxury, and they are even unwilling to- submit to close con-nnt-meufc when the winter comes nlong."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12824, 16 October 1911, Page 8
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204ROOFS AS BEDROOMS. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12824, 16 October 1911, Page 8
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