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COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
HEALTH TALKS.
1. HEALTHY HOMES.
1.—The Ideal House.
Site—Clean, dry, elevated. Aspect—open space. Paved Yard.
Large living room—no useless parlour—number of bedrooms.
Windows, floors, walls, and fittings that can be readily cleansed.
Cupboards.
Drainage and sanitary fittings—simplicity and efficiency. No
smells, no leaks, no stoppages.
2.—Duty of the Householder.
Health depends more on the use to which the house put than on
its construction.
It is the ideal tenant which makes the " ideal home."
Care of the house and fittings. Use of ashbin.
Site improved by avoiding useless temporary buildings, dirty fow
runs, and collections of refuse.
Yard to be swept and swilled.
Smallness of rooms compensated by open windows, and by
absence of unnecessary furniture.
No useless old clothes.
Walls, floors, and fittings to be regularly cleansed.
3.—Causes of Bad Smells.
Insufficient Ventilation—Old clothes and other rubbish.
Improper use of dustbin. Rats and mice. Domestic animals.
Stopped drains, dry rot, mildew.