Excerpt from Health at HomeThe habitual condition of a home should be one of health, and to secure this it is quite as necessary that a due care be had for its surroundings as that the building be properly heated and ventilated, and its inmates supplied With suitable food and clothing, accustomed to correct per sonal habits, and skillfully treated in case of sickness or accident.By the surroundings of a home' are meant all that per tains to it lying Without the building itself. The homes of Which we speak may be divided into three general classes, Which of necessity vary materially in the character of their surroundings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.