South Africa as a health resort / by E. Symes Thompson.

  • Symes-Thompson, Edmund, 1837-1906.
Date:
[1888]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: South Africa as a health resort / by E. Symes Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    passing through these fever-stricken regions, it will be robbed of half its dangers. Had time permitted I might have enumerated some of the classes of disease for which the]South African climate may prove of special benefit. It only remains for me to apologise for having taken you over so much arid ground. If you have found the subject a dry one, I may remind you that this dryness is in harmony with the nature of the Great Karoo district, which determines the character of South Africa as a health resort. TABLE SHOWING ELEVATION AND KAINPALL IN SOUTH AFRICA. Aliwal North Beaufort West Bishop's Court (near Cape Town) Bloemfontein , Burghersdorp Calvinia Cape Town Ceres Colesberg Cradock De Aar Dordrecht * Fraserberg Graaf Reinefc \ Graham's Town J ohannesburg , Kimberley , King William's Town ...*!!.'!.'.'! Knysna \\ Kokstad \\\' Ladybrand \ Maritzburg Middelburg Pella .*.*.'.*!!.'!.' Port Elizabeth .*.*.'.'!!.*!.'.' Pretoria !!.*!! i i Q ueenstown .*.'*.', Richmond '\ Simon's Town .*.'!.'!.'! Table Mountain .'.*.*.'.'.'.*! Tarkastad !.'!!!!.*.*!! Worcester !!!!!* * * Wynberg Elevation In feet. Annual Rain- fall in inches, AnnualNum- ber of Days of Bain. 4,348 18-36 61 2,792 7-91 25 250 56-65 102 4,540 16-97 70 4,552 11-39 41 3,100 4-28 28 15 23-72 70 1,493 28-18 67 4,407 12-59 33 2,855 9-18 45 4,180 19-06 60 5,200 18-36 61 4,200 2-92 18 2,463 9-60 39 1,800 22-33 84 6,000 4,012 20-52 64 1,273 16-48 81 30 31*84 93 4,153 22-39 67 5,000 27-10 87 2,197 31-87 141 2,197 11-38 39 1,800 0-85 3 181 19-71 84 4,007 80-74 64 3,548 16-70 76 4,736 10-63 33 20 36-02 110 3,349 65-66 4,280 8-85 55 794 7-61 39 164 43-40 94