Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and HospitalsNightingale, Florence
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Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals
Nightingale, Florence
Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Statistics
│ ││ │ native state they are used to be wet. And their │
│ ││ │ bodies are easily warmed and dried at the hut fire. │
│ ││ │ Thus they care little about rain. And, being exposed │
│ ││ │ to the sudden storms of a semi-tropical climate, │
│ ││ │ they are constantly found sitting in wet flannels │
│ ││ │ and jerseys, and suffer much from coughs and colds. │
│ ││ │ It cannot be doubted that much pulmonary disease │
│ ││ │ will thus be generated by the very effort to improve │
│ ││ │ their condition, unless constant care be taken to │
│ ││ │ guard against this danger. │
│ Ifumi Station ││ No │ —— │
│ Spring Vale ││ No │Room of wattle and daub. Situated on the side │
│ ││ │ of a hill. Diet: meal, milk, and potatoes. │
│ Umvoti ││ No │Built of brick, thatched roof, mud floor. │
│ Kwangubeni ││ No │Held in a chapel. │
│ Verulam (Wesleyan) ││ Only │Diet: porridge with meat. │
│ ││ bathing │ │
│ Indaleni ││ No │Held in a chapel, well ventilated. │
│ Pietermaritzburg ││ No │ —— │
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