[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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    the favourable climatic conditions baths can be taken in Torquay at all seasons, which is a great advantage to invalids during the winter months. Fully certified attendants, holding the C.S.M.M.G. and Bio-physical qualifications, are retained upon the staff. The chief forms of treatment in the Medical Section are (a) Balneological: Aix and Vichy Douches, Spray Douches, Needle Baths, Sea Water Baths, Torbay Seaweed Baths, Plombieres, Nauheim Baths, Pine Baths, etc. (b) Electrical: Badiant heat, diathermy, high frequency, galvanic, faradic and sinusoidal currents, ionisation, infra-red and ultra-violet radiation. (c) Accessory: Dartmoor peat packs, paraffin wax, massage and exercises. Torquay Natural Mineral Water. The source of this water is the Meadfoot Spring, owned by the Torquay Corporation, and it is derived from the lower Devonian grits and shales. It is a natural cold water of the highest degree of organic and bacterial purity, belonging to the same class as Evian and Vittel Drinking Waters. The water is carefully bottled at the spring. Samples of the water have been analysed by S. Judd Lewis, D.Sc. (Tubingen), D.Sc. (Lond.), F.I.C., Ph.C., in accordance with the Approved Directions given in the “ International Register of Spas and Medicinal Waters,” issued by the International Society of Medical Hydrology in 1931. Classification of the water (international Standard Measurements)— Chemical Composition Ionic Concentration Reaction Physical Medicinal Indications Magnesium, Calcium, Bicarbonate N/1000, Total=28. Mg. 6.0. Ca. 5.5. HCO 7.9. 3 Normal; pH = 7.6. Cold, 54 deg. F. ; hypotonic Diuretic and Alterative Bladder and Urinary Conditions Gastro-Intestinal Disorders, Rheu matism, Gout and Metabolic Disturbances.