66 BODY TEMPERATURE AND COMFORT. 



O'Connell (6), in discussing the etiology of malaria, points 

 out that hot, moist and still air has a good deal to do with outbreaks 

 of this disease. It is well known that, in badly ventilated factories 

 at home, this atmospheric condition causes a definite rise of 

 temperature, great discomfort and a weakening of the system. 

 O'Connell also quotes, H. M. Chief Inspector of Fac- 

 tories — " The general opinion I have formed from the detailed 

 study of the observations (in the cotton sheds) is that a rise of 

 mouth temperature makes itself felt when the wet bulb (temper- 

 ature of the air) exceeds 75° F." In my records it will be observed 

 that 75° was exceeded in both bungalows No. I. and No. II; but in 

 bungalow No. I the cool breeze, by aiding conduction and convec- 

 tion of heat, counteracted the ill effects of the excessive heat and 

 moisture, thus producing bodily comfort. In bungalow ISTo. II. the 

 absence of a breeze caused great discomfort; electric fans would 

 have improved conditions. 



The chances of a breeze in the thickly populated areas of this 

 town are small and undoubtedly our unfavourable atmospheric 

 conditions — heat and moisture — are free to exert their greatest ill 

 in these quarters. Our high death rate shows that they do so. 



Kefeeences. 



1. Pembrey M. S. Text Book of Physiology, Vol. I, edited by E. A. 



Schafer, page 786. 



2. Ibid, page 809. 



Journ. Trop. Med. and Hyg., Sept. 1st, 1913. 



3. 



Ibid, page 



806. 



4. 



Ibid, page 



798. 



5. 



Ibid, page 



788. 



6. 



O'Connell, 



M.D. 



