Abstract

Observations on the Construction of Healthy Dwellings

This article presents information on the book "Observations on the Construction of Healthy Dwellings," by Douglas Galton. It is informed that the arts of sanitary construction are constantly growing more complex, and each of them has a considerable literature. Those which relate to the purpose in hand-the way to build a house that shall be healthy-- Mr. Galton has reviewed rapidly but with a discriminating knowledge of authorities, and he has contributed to the discussions upon them results of his own experience. His summary of the duties of sanitation is "embodied in the words pure air, pure water;" but to supply these in a modern dwelling, and especially in a city dwelling, unless at great expense, is often a difficult thing.