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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-F017-I001-P1068.pdf)

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1068 Q. You say the difference between the average temperature of the day and the extreme low temperature of the night would be much less in the lodges than in the rest of the rooms and halls. That is right isn't it? A. Yes sir Q. Now do you know how much the difference is in the rest of the rooms and halls? For instance take any given average night after the steam has been shut off at 9 or 10 o'clock at night and not let on until 3 o'clock in the morning we will suppose. Suppose two or half past two in the morning to be the extreme of low temperature, how much lower would it be at that time than it was in the day? A. I could not state with accuracy Q. There is a record kept of that A. There is a present. The watchmen have ? always reported to the superintendent in the morning before they go off duty as to what has taken place during the night I think. Q. Do you remember you and I looked over that record and what we found it

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Language: English

Date: 1881

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