Availability was scarce and, especially in the old institutions, the space provided was inadequate. The facilities were described as deplorable; they were too small, they were located in hospital basements, there was a lack of light and air and exercises were performed in darkness on obsolete apparatus according to outdated principles of physiotherapy, which should be abandoned forthwith , p.30-31.
Su número era escaso, los espacios físicos – especialmente en los hospitales más antiguos – totalmente insuficientes: los locales se valoraban como verdaderamente deplorables, en razón de su pequeñez y su situación en los sótanos de los hospitales, los ejercicios se hacían en la oscuridad, con humedad y falta de aire, y con unos aparatos que correspondían a una mecanoterapia obsoleta y a una fisioterapia ya superada que era necesario abandonar sin ninguna vacilación , p.30-31.