A survey on thermal conditions of bathrooms during winter in Japan

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  • 冬期における浴室温熱環境の全国調査
  • トウキ ニ オケル ヨクシツ オンネツ カンキョウ ノ ゼンコク チョウサ

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A survey on thermal conditions of houses was carried out on 331 houses in 11 regions (Sapporo, Akita, Sendai, Chiba(north), Chiba(south), Shizuoka, Toyama, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Kagoshima) from December, 2004 to March, 2005. The air temperatures in the living room, bathroom, dressing room, toilet, corridor, bedroom and outdoor of houses were measured evety minute for 7 days. The water temperatures of bath during bathing were also recorded. The thermo-recorders which measured air temperatures at a height of 0.6-1.1m were kept out of the sun. The following results were obtained. (1) The room temperatures in Sapporo were kept above 15℃ in all rooms in winter. On the other hand, only living rooms were kept warm in the rest of regions. (2)The room temperatures in dressing rooms and/or corridors were vety low in all regions, except in Sapporo, (3)The mortality rate ofdrowninginthe 11 regions was correlated withthe room temperature in the dressing room.

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