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Investigation of the Committee of the Legislature of 1881 Concerning the Management of the Maine Insane Hospital Part 2 (14-354688-F015-I001-P991.pdf)

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take their meals in the private hall and stay there days, but sleep at nights for the want of more room, and the friends understand it. Q. Do they have to be shut up in those rooms through the day A. No sir. Q. When was the heat increased in the lodges A. Last fall this continuance of a service pipe through the night. Q. Before then what heat was depended upon for the warming of the lodge room? A. The heat radiated from the coil in the basement and the coils in each lodge hall except the upper. Q. Was it a cold night when the trustees visited the lodges to find out about the temperature of the lodge rooms A. I could not tell you. I think they went without my knowledge. Q. Don't remember whether it was warm or cold A. No sir Q. Is the method of heating these lodge rooms now the same as it has been always A. Yes, except those small coils in the corridor of the lower and second.

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Language: English

Date: 1881

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