HOUSING AND HYGIENE 



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Because of the desirability of admitting as much sunHght 

 as possible into tlie back part of the house it is customary to 

 place the glass windows as high as the construction of the 



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A ijoai'l-iloor lumso set on roincnt, ])locks. The cloth curtains are ai ranged 

 to slide ui> and down instr^ad oi" lieing swung on hinges. (( 'ourtesy of 

 Purdue Ai^rieultLiral Kxperinie'ut Station ) 



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A rnw of half-ruonitor roof fresh-air houses. (Courtesy of F. L. .Sewell.) 



house will allow, and to have their length run vertically so 

 that as much as possil^le of the floor will lie swept by the 

 sunlight. 



