DIARY OF THIRD BARON LI^FORD 11 



His countenance is fine and strongly marked, 

 and his eyes even now are full of expression. 

 His conversation was easy and gentlemanlike.' 



In 1827 the following account of a continental 

 hospital was recorded in his journal, which may 

 be of interest as showing that the important 

 matters of cleanliness and ventilation had 

 received attention at Munich at that period of 

 the century. 



1 Munich contains an excellent and most 

 perfectly regulated hospital. It is capable of 

 holding about 1,300 persons. The dormitories, 

 of which we saw two, are neatness itself : they 

 have eight beds, separated one from the other 

 by high wooden partitions. The ventilation, the 

 supply of water, and the attention to cleanliness 

 I have not seen exceeded. The pipes which 

 serve to convey warm air into the different 

 dormitories communicate with stoves on the 

 ground floor. All these are on Count Eumford's 

 plan. The ventilator is a large octangular 

 turret-like erection on the roof of the building, 

 with open valves, through which the air passes 

 and is conducted by large wooden pipes into the 

 interior of the building, where it is admitted into 



