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A Comparative Study of the Physiological Effects on Children of School Heating by Hot-Water Radiators and by Radiant Heat from Electric Ceiling and Wall Panels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. P. Crowden ,
M. Hetherington  and
W. R. Luxton
G. P. Crowden
Affiliation:
(From the Department of Industrial Physiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.)
M. Hetherington
Affiliation:
(From the Department of Industrial Physiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.)
W. R. Luxton
Affiliation:
(From the Department of Industrial Physiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.)
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1. An attempt has been made to ascertain by physiological observations on school children whether the radiant heat from a heating installation comprising electric panels suspended from the ceilings and walls of the classrooms, in a semi open-air school, was sufficient to impart adequate warmth to children while performing the ordinary curriculum of an elementary school.

2. During identical cold weather conditions, observations were made on children in two schools in the same area, the one heated by electric ceiling and wall panels and the other, the control school, heated by hot-water radiators and pipes.

3. The children in classrooms heated by radiant heat from electric ceiling and wall panels were found to be attempting to perform ordinary elementary school work under conditions of chilling incompatible with comfort and efficiency, and without such compensating factors as frequent exercise and controlled nutrition, neither of which are possible in such a school.

4. The observations made on the children in the semi open-air electric-panel heated school, the air temperatures and cooling powers encountered in the classrooms, and the control observations made in the hot-water heated school under similar weather conditions prove that the radiant heat emitted from the electric ceiling and wall panels was insufficient to impart adequate warmth to the children, and that the heating system as at present installed and controlled, is unable adequately to cope with such cold conditions as are commonly met with during the winter months of the year.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 1933 , pp. 151 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933

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