The geographical distribution of disease in Great Britain.

  • Haviland, Alfred, 1825-1903.
Date:
1892
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Credit: The geographical distribution of disease in Great Britain. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    CHAPTER IX. Local Meteorology and Climatology. Atmosphere and Currents—Prevailing Winds—Irish Sea—^Isle of Man—Cum- brian Coast well Air-flushed—Moore on Manx Winds—Dr. A. Buchan on Prevailing Winds of Scotland—Force of Wind and Phthisis—Horizontal and Vertical Deflection of Winds—Scarborough—North Devon—St. Bees Head—Wind-force Fatal to the Consumptive—Winds and Malaria—The Importance of a Knowledge of Winds to the Medical Practitioner—Malarial Rheumatism and Heart Disease—Winds from the Sea—Direction of Coastal River-Valleys — Monthly Prevalence — Winds from the Land — Inland !Natural Boundary—Protective Influence of—Alston Outside it—Easterly Winds Passing over Barrier get Piirified—The Greek Ether and Air— Zeus—The Helm Wind—Cloud-caps—Ji]acas—Oros—Mr. William Mar- riott's Report on The Helm Wind —The Importance of Studying Cur- rents of Air in Lee-ward Valley Sj^stems—Local Climates—The Rainfall —Mr. Symons' List of Stations and Approximate Mean Rainfall at each —Rainfall and Altitude—Distribution of Rain—Wasdale and Borrowdale —Isle of Man and Scotland—Influence of Concussion—Entanglement— Kendal, Mr. Isaac Taylor, E.R.S., Average Twenty Years—Mr. Fletcher— Symons' British Rainfall—Mr. Symons on the Rainfall in the Lake District—Table Illustrating his Remarks—Mr. Benn—Quinquennial Periods —Table of Monthly Rainfall—Maximum and Minimum Rainfall—Tempera- ture, Dewpoint, Rainfall, and Wind—Table—Seasons—Temperature and Rainfall—Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S.—His Ratio of the Rainfall in Twenty- two Years to Mean of whole Period 1845-1866—Table—Table of Rainfall —Monthly Percentages at Twenty Stations in the Lake District—Mr. Frederic Gaster—Mean Monthly Values—Tables—Rainfall in 1868—Ulls- water—Haweswater—Western Lake District—Compared with the Eastern —Table—Altitude and 1868 Rainfall—General Conclusions—Sun—Sunshine Observations—Mean Temperatures, etc.—Deaths by Lightning—Barometer —The Climate of the Microphyte 2'. 227 CHAPTER X. SECTION I. DlSTRIUUTIOX OE DISEASE. The Diseases selected—The Geographical Distribution of Cancer—History of Investigation, 1868—Series of papers in The Lancel, 1888—Infrequency of Cancer in the Lake District, 1890—Paper at Congi^ess of Hygiene, 1890— Clays and Limestones—The Defective Supplement of the Present Registrar- General—Dr. Farr's Supplements 1851-60 and 1861-70—Death-rates- Death-rates (female) at different Age-periods—Influence of Sex in Disease —Dr. Rogers Williams—General Table of New Growths—Table showing the Organs principally affected by Cancer, and relative frequency in—Per- centage of cases of Mammary and Uterine Cancer—Geographical Distribu- tion of Cancer among Females—Description of the Maps—Index of Colours, and scales of Death-rates—Map I. All ages —Map II. At and above 35 years —Cancer in the Registration District—Group of Loio Mortality—