a mortality among our sick little more than that among our healthy Guards at home.” But during the last six months of the war, after sanitary reforms had been made, “we had. "It is the whole experiment on a colossal scale.” She pointed out that during the first seven months of the Crimean campaign, mortality exceeded that of the plague of 1665 as well as that of recent cholera epidemics. In the conclusion to her report on the health of the British Army, she explained, “We have much more information on the sanitary history of the Crimean campaign than we have upon any other, but because it is a complete exam (history does not afford its equal) of an army, after failing to the lowest ebb of disease and disaster from neglects committed, rising again to the highest state of health and efficiency from remedies applied. Rats and insects abounded, and “the walls and ceilings were saturated with organic matter.” The drinking water was dirty once she saw used hospital uniforms in the water tank. for several months, more than an inch deep in filth, is too horrible to describe.” She observed six dead dogs under one of the windows, and a dead horse lay in the aqueduct for weeks. In her testimony to the royal commission, Nightingale reported on the filthy conditions she found in the Barrack Hospital when she arrived. In addition to inadequate ventilation, Nightingale pointed to poor drainage and badly designed sewers and plumbing.
As an adherent of the miasma theory, she believed that diseases were spread through the air and advocated for ventilation to release the “foul air” from hospitals.
There were only “a few small openings here and there,” so that there was no way for the “hot and foul” air to escape. In her book on the health of the British army, like Thomas Trotter and others who wrote about the importance of fresh air, she pointed to the problem of improper ventilation, and she devoted an entire section to “bad ventilation.” She quoted the report of the sanitary commission, which remarked on the “defective state of the ventilation” in the Barrack Hospital. She took careful note of the size of the wards, the condition of the roof, and the quality, size, and placement of the windows. She also carefully examined the physical space. By subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy.
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