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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-F018-I001-P1093.pdf)

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1093 Q.(cont.) rare? A. They were. Q. There was no thermometer kept in the halls at the time you were watchman? A. Not at the time I first began. Q. Howa was the temperature of the lodge halls both by day and night as compared with the rest of the building? A. Generally warmer. I have often noticed and spoken of it. I have at times found the temperature of the lodge halls uncomfortably warm for me. Q. In these visits were you often inside the lodge rooms? A. Yes sir Q. Did you ever feel the temperature inside of one of the lodge rooms where a patient was by night within 20 degrees of the freezing point? A. I should say I never had Q. How low would you think the extreme night have been at any given time. A. Perhaps 68 or 50 as near as I can guess. Q. Whether that would generally be in an extremely cold night or was it more apt to be in a night not so cold? A. I should say the coldest nights it would not be so cold because they would put on more heat .

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Date: 1881

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