Public health #architecture
Ventilation required for ‘certain classes of inmates’:
Soldiers & healthy paupers: 600 cubic feet (17m3 ≈ 7m2 floor area)
Lying-in women (maternity) & the ‘offensively’ sick: 1,200 cubic feet (34m3 ≈ 14m2 floor area)
(source: Healthy Houses, 1876)
Ventilation required for ‘certain classes of inmates’:
Soldiers & healthy paupers: 600 cubic feet (17m3 ≈ 7m2 floor area)
Lying-in women (maternity) & the ‘offensively’ sick: 1,200 cubic feet (34m3 ≈ 14m2 floor area)
(source: Healthy Houses, 1876)
& it gets better
..the book was written by William Eassie, “late assistant engineer to Renkioi Hospital during the Crimean War”
..the book was written by William Eassie, “late assistant engineer to Renkioi Hospital during the Crimean War”
Renkioi Hospital (1855) was a prefabricated hospital, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with “the necessities of hygiene: sanitation, ventilation, drainage & temperature controls.. integrated in 1,000-patient hospital layout, using 60 of the unit wards” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renkioi_H…
& it happened due to the advocacy of “the splendid spinster” Florence Nightingale who reformed hospital practices & conditions (including ventilation to prevent disease spread) cpb-ca-c1.wpmucdn.com/sites.uoguelph…
who said that “If infection exists it is preventable. If it exists it is the result of carelessness, or of ignorance”
(Notes on Hospitals, 1863 books.google.com/books/about/No…)
(Notes on Hospitals, 1863 books.google.com/books/about/No…)
& Florence Nightingale designed windows to ventilate rooms without draughts.. & hospitals with adequate space & ventilation for public health
scientificamerican.com/article/what-f…
scientificamerican.com/article/what-f…
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