The Sanitary Condition of City and Country Dwelling Houses (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Excerpt from The Sanitary Condition of City and Country Dwelling Houses

The sanitary defects of the average country-house are due to ignorance. Had the architect who built it been stimulated to learn what is required for a perfectly healthful condition, he would of course have been, in every case, vigilant to se cure it. Did the physician know, except in a vague and theoretical sort of way that is, did he fully realize - the degree to which the ailments he contends against, and which he should be vigilant to pre vent, are diseases due to removable causes connected with the construction and ar rangement of the dwelling, he would insist upon a reform.

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