The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-23
LONDON As A HEALTH RESORT.
Among cities IL Is Claimed That
London Is the HeaIthiest in the
World,

From the London Mail.
1t may seem a rather bold thing to oues-
ton the general belief that towns are
necessarily unhealthy, and that any one
in search of health must look for it on the
mountains or at the sea. Mountains and
seas, pine forests and mineral springs
are all very good for people who habitual-
~ reside In cities, but it is beginning to
dawn on medical men that cities have also
their advantages and that nothing is 80
good for the ailing country resident as a
course Of theaters and music halls, art
galleries and parks, hotels and cabs and
restaurants. Among cities London stands
out triumphantly as the healthiest in the
world. Medical men have, in fact, ere now
prescribed with the best results, month
on the Hampstead hills instead of a Swiss
tour as a nerve tonic; they have discov-
cred that consumptve patients thrive re-
markedly well in the sunny air Of Lewis
ham and Sydenham.
What this is due 70 Is a matter of no
importance. Some authorities put Il down
TO the abundant ana excellent though
much maligned water supply. Certainly
the death rate from all kinds of fever Is
surprisingly low. and fevers as is Well
known, are mainly disseminated by drink
ing water. Then. again, the soil is dry
and warm. conditions most favorable for
those inclined TO rheumatism An ingen-
iOus sanitarian says that even the fOgs
have their uses. According to modern
theories everything Ia the way OF Illness
from a cold In the head 10 an attack OF
cholera. Is produced by the ubiquitous mi
crObe. But microbes have a horror Of
London fogs, anu, when an approaching
swarm smells one. % beats as preclpitous
a retreat as a Greek army.
Compared with most continental cities
London has the great advantage that IL
ssr a. ga 10 "a TaIIa "a
cities OF the continent being surrounded
by unylelding defensive walls, can only
grow up toward the sky and fiat life Is
certainly not the healthicst.
II statistics were not 80 dry II would
be easy to Show IN figures that all these
causes together make London a veritablc
sauitarlum ItE death rate is lower than
the country districts OF Lancashire. Mon
mouth. Durham. Yorkshire and North
hamptOnEhlrc. only seven people die Of
cancer In London 20 ten IN Rutland and
eleven In Hunungdonshiro; only two die
Of nervous disorders 60 three in Yorkshire
and Wales. only seventeen die from heart
and blood vessel diseases to eighteen in all
England and twenty 70 tWenty-four in
many counties.
what class Of aiiing people ought 10
come t. Isond0n7 Nervous aud dyfpopt'e
patients are sure 90 derive benefit from the
CHEEKY llfo OF tho STREETS; rheumatic peO-
ulf VIII De- hcttfr on nero tnhu lu most
parts 0f che country. while for those az
nlctOd with llvers nothing is equal 10 an
occasional Welt 10 the metropolis. Dr.
weber. the great German hYRieulHt. says
thni Engiishmen 30 not as nf properly
realize what d valuable health resort fheg
have close 90 their homes. "Hhort visits
a. London" o. writes. ION fhe part ~
elderly persons who huDfunliv reside ln
fha country districts of England nnd in
H.H|.I|HH H.HHI.HN IH....M -.
healib ana prgigng We many years."