26 ENVIRONMENT OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 



Definitions of Terms used in House Score Card 1 



Rooms : Light — Light enough to read easily in every part. (In estimat- 

 ing the light, ventilation, and repair of an apartment, divide the 

 sum of the scores of all the rooms by the number of rooms.) 



Gloomy — Not light enough to read easily in every part, but enough 

 to see one's way about readily when doors are closed. 



Dark — Too dark to see one's way about easily when doors are closed. 



Well Ventilated — With window on street or fair-sized yard. 



Poorly Ventilated — With window opening on a shallow yard or on a 

 narrow court, open to the sky at the top, or else with 5x3 inside 

 window (15 square feet) opening on a well-ventilated room in same 

 apartment. 



Badly Ventilated — With no window on the street, or on a yard, or 

 on a court open to the sky, and with no window, or a very small 

 window, opening on an adjoining room. 



In Good Repair — No torn wall paper, broken plaster, broken woodwork 

 or flooring, nor badly shrunk or warped floor boards or wainscoting, 

 leaving large cracks. 



In Fair Repair — Slightly torn or loose wall paper, slightly broken 

 plaster, warped floor boards and wainscoting. 



In Bad Repair — Very badly torn wall paper or broken plaster over a 

 considerable area, or badly broken woodwork or flooring. (Rooms 

 not exactly coinciding with any of the three classes are to be included 

 in the one the description of which comes nearest to the condition.) 

 Sinks : Good — Iron, on iron supports with iron back above to prevent 

 splashing of water on wall surface, in light location, used for one 

 family. Water direct from city water mains or from a clean roof tank. 



Bad — Surrounded by wood rims with or without metal flushings, space 

 beneath inclosed with wood risers ; dark location, used by more than 

 one family ; water from dirty roof tank. 



.Fair — Midway between above two extremes. 

 Water-closet : Good — Indoor closet. In well-lighted and ventilated 

 location, closet fixture entirely open underneath, abundant water flush. 



Fair — Indoor closet, poor condition — badly lighted and ventilated 

 location, fixture inclosed with wood risers, or poor flush. 



Poor — Yard closet — separate water-closet in individual compartment 

 in the yard. 



Bad — School sink — sewer-connected privy, having one continuous 

 vault beneath the row of individual toilet compartments. 



Conclusion. — l.Is my home environment as good as it should be ? 

 2. How might I improve it ? 



1 This and the following are modified from Allen, Civics and Health, Ginn and 

 Company. 



