Sleeping porch
A sleeping porch is a deck or balcony, sometimes screened or otherwise enclosed with screened windows, and furnished for sleeping in warmer months. They can be on ground level or on a higher storey and to any side of a home. The idea dates to around 1900 and became common in much of the United States. It is that residents sleep on a screened-in porch avoiding warm convection currents from air and wall materials beneath or beside. Before affordable electric fans and/or air conditioning were installed, families often created such rooms, well-aired, where children would sleep during summer.
A better temperature for sleep can help with any illness. Such a room was once particularly favoured year-round for treating tuberculosis, a respiratory-system illness which was the leading morbid factor before the BCG vaccine became available. Health experts correlated fresh air as a main prevention for many illnesses, rather than linking somewhat causal better sleep.
