Appendix to A guide to the choice of a site for residential purposes / by a member of the Geologists' Association ; and opinions of the press.

  • Gilford, William.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Appendix to A guide to the choice of a site for residential purposes / by a member of the Geologists' Association ; and opinions of the press. 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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    published at cost price, with the object of circulating information upon the question of geology in conjunction with altitude in its bearing on climate, and not from any desire to make a profit on its publication. The pamphlet can be obtained from the author, whose address is at Beech-grove, Redhill, Surrey, or of Mr. H. Sutton, printer, Station- road, in the same town.—Builder's Reporter. An anonymous member of the Geologists' Association has pub- lished a guide to the choice of a site for residential purposes. His theory is that high-lying dry sites are remedial and preventive of disease, and that chalk alone of all subsoils in the Home Counties can always be relied upon for dryness, even in an elevated situation. Even without the medical and other testimony which is produced to show the importance of high and dry sites, and their relation to health and happiness, the fact would no doubt be generally admitted, but unfortunately a chalky soil is a limited quantity, and, as the writer says, there are numbers of people who do not know what a chalk soil is. Many diseases are due to the dampness of the soil, and it is sur- prising what a change comes over children who are transferred from the low-lying clay to the high and dry chalk or gravel. Elevated sites are not only drier but warmer than lower situations, and they have a purer atmosphere and freer circulation of air. It is urged in this pam- phlet that even gravel may be a delusion and a snare, and may be a reservoir of chilling stagnant water.—City Press. This is a little brochure of some fifty pages, advocating high-lying dry sites as the best suited for the erection of residences. It is full of quotations from eminent authorities in favour of the chalk hills of Surrey, and is dedicated to all who desire to escape from the impure air of London, or from the discomfort and peril of some unfortunate choice of soil in the country, in the hope that it may serve to indicate the general principles that should guide them in their avoidance of the prejudicial and unsatisfactory districts, and in their search after a district or a site which will contribute to their health, excite pleasurable sensations, and prove a lasting satisfaction. The author, Mr. William Gilford, of Beech-grove, Redhill, has treated his subject in a manner which renders it both useful and interesting, and those to whom the pamphlet is dedicated will derive pleasure and profit from a perusal of its pages, although perhaps with some of the author's conclusions they may not be quite in unison.—Estate Gazette. A Guide to the Choice of a Site for Residential Purposes, by a Mem- ber of the Geologists' Association (Redhill).—The author of this little brochure has collected a number of authorities in therapeutics and climatology, showing the advantages of high-lying dry sites as reme- dial and preventive of disease. The author favours high-lying sites on the chalk as being drier. He has, consciously or not, we do not know which, made a serious indictment against a large portion of the area included in Greater London, which is of clay soil. The author says a great many people in London ' do not know what a clay soil is, especially as regards its evil influence on climate, although many do know. Carefully avoid the clay districts comprised within the area ot Greater London, which not only show themselves to be clay by the predominance of the oak and by their general flatness, but also by