Popular guide to the use of the Bath waters. With hints on climate, lodgings, hotels, etc.; full instructions for bathing and drinking the waters; with special chapters on the new massage douche baths; thermal vapour treatment; and massage in its relation to balneology / by J. G. Douglas Kerr.

  • Kerr, John George Douglas.
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Popular guide to the use of the Bath waters. With hints on climate, lodgings, hotels, etc.; full instructions for bathing and drinking the waters; with special chapters on the new massage douche baths; thermal vapour treatment; and massage in its relation to balneology / by J. G. Douglas Kerr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    The Climate. Temperature of the different seasons. Association as to the condition of his house, with a carefully drawn plan of the water and drain pipes, and their connection with the mains. Should any alterations or improvements be suggested, it is a matter of option whether they be carried cut or not. All work undertaken for associates is done under the supervision of the inspector, who guarantees efficiency. The offices are at 7, Henrietta Street; the hours of attendance 10 to 4 daily. The climate of Bath is quite peculiar to itself, approaching more nearly that of the Riviera than any other town in England. It has been proved by careful observations, continued for many years, that Bath enjoys a winter temperature zvarmer by 5 degrees Fahr. than any other inland town in the country, while its close proximity to the Western seaboard, with the prevalent Westerly breezes, gives it a lower summer temperature than might otherwise have been expected. Compared with London, Bath is six degrees warmer in zvinter, and eight degrees cooler in summer. The Rev. Leonard Blomefield, in an exhaustive paper on the climate of Bath during ten years, gives the temperature of the seasons as follows:— “The mean temperature of spring varies from to 50®'5, the range of the mean being 3°‘i. “ The mean temperature of summer varies from 60 to 63®'5, the range of the mean being 3'^*5. “The mean temperature of autumn varies from 48'’’5 to 52‘’7, the range of the mean being 4®'2.