The comparative climatology of London and the chief English health resorts / by Bertram Thornton.

  • Thornton Bertram.
Date:
1891
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Credit: The comparative climatology of London and the chief English health resorts / by Bertram Thornton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    leave home for their health’s sake are the wellborn and wealthy, who, like other men, are gregarious, and prefer to herd with their kind. There are, however, a large number of sick people whose sole business and anxiety is to regain health, who do not necessarily long for the sight of crowds of fashionably dressed people. Consequently, besides mere climatic advantages, the medical adviser has to consider many other equally important matters if his patient is to be benefited. In the month of August delicate and sensitive patients are likely to fare badly as regard comfort and quiet at such haunts of the London Cockneys as Brighton, Eastbourne, Margate, Ramsgate, &c., unless they have previously become comfortably settled in some of the quieter quarters of these towns. Before entering on the subject of figures, I should like to acknowledge the cordial and invaluable assistance I have received from Mr. John Stokes, E. R.Met.S., of Apsley House School, Margate, who has devoted much labour for many years to this subject. The figures are in nearly all instances calculated on regular daily records at all the stations for seven years—viz., 1882-1888. The figures for 1889 for some of the places were not to hand at the time of compiling this paper. A fairer estimate of the climate can be gathered by dividing the year into summer and winter in some cases; the months of May to October inclusive are considered as summer months and November to April inclusive are reckoned as winter. The colder months will probably be regarded with more interest, so I have