The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-06
LONDON'S CLIMATES.


  Some are More Salubrlous Than Others.
 London has great variety or e!'- mates. It seems surprising, put there is no doubt of the fact. II any Lon doner happens to suffer from asthma, consumption, rheumatism or any other ailment affected by location, he Will find out by moving from district to dis trict that he is worse here, better there, and middling somewhere else.
 The metropolis, as whole, IS an eX- cellent place for many 1nvalids. AL night 1t is far warmer than the sur- rounding country, owing partly to the protection from winds and partly to the immense number os hres ana gas lamps. People who are susceptlple to changes of temperature do well in all most every district of London.
 If the individual districts are consid- cred, Hampstead is found to have a tonic and bracing climate. Convales- cents from severe sicknesses thrive re- markedly there. But, ot course IL does not suit everybody
 The mildest metropolitan climate IS in the southwestern quarter Batter sea, Chelsea, Brompton, Putnam and Kensington are remarkably mlld. AL one time Brompton was the healthlest place in the metropolis This tact leu to the building there Of the consump- ton hospital But the district has De- come so populous of late years that IL no longer holds the first place as re- gards healthfulness.
 Populousness, however, is not in It. self an overpowering cause or uh- healthfulness for the healthiest part or the metropolis, according to the doc tors, Is the district lying between Edge ware Road and Tottenham Court Road. Of course. many things counteract cll- mate. The millxman, for instance, may take around in his pail sufflciancy oi the microbes of diphthera, measles scarlatina and typhoid fever to give a bad name to the healthiest district
 Brixton, Clapham and Footing have rather depressing climates. They are good localities for fiery people to ilVe in. Residents, as rule, take things quietly. Even animals feel the clima- tic influence, and the saying goes that donkey from Hampstead can run away from a Clapham county council tram-horse.
 Hlghbury has very bracing climate So has Marylebone And the same IS true of Bayswater. If any ones ln- come Is proportionate to the work ne accomplishes he can earn fifty per cent. more when he lives at Bayswater than when he lives at Clapham. At kii- burn and St. Johns Wood the soil IS or clay. This makes the districts rather damn And rheumatic residents have had time.
 The neighborhood of the Crystal Pal ace is generally bracine And dwell ers in this beautiful quarter are, or ought to be, very cheerful. But even here there is a variety of climate, Ihe northeast side is highly bracing, and an excellent place for weaknerved people. On the south towards Anerley and Croyden. the air is much milder For delicate constitutions and those who are inclined to chronic bronchitis this district is an admirable one.
 You will see, therefore, that you must exercise considerable care in your se- lection of a place of residence, for it you make a mistake you may find that though you have in the meantime con- tracted another.
 As A rule the Londoner gives no thought whatever to the healthfulness or otherwise of the place he chooses to live in and when he finds himself feel ing mot up to the mark" 1t never oc- CUTS to him to put the blame upon the local climate The banks of the Thames. for instance, are not healthy though hundreds congregate there. All the way from London to Gravesend the climate is damp and depressing. The Essex marshes are still region ol ague. And no one who has a rheuma- tic tendency should pitch his tent whereabouts.
 On the whole our London climate is good. In many portions, in fact it is a valuable health resort. We have less rain than other parts of the kingdom We do not feel the storms so much We do not experience such great cold as towns in the east north and Mid lands.
 | Bricks and mortar are a great pro- | | into sufficient consideration when peo- pie declaim against the sanitary evils of town life. Far purer air might, nc doubt, be obtained in the rural districts but 1t would be colder air in winter and not fit for those whose condition is lowered by keen mad piercing breezes Town life always has exceptional ad- | vantages for the weak in the way oi protection against cold
 | The absence of sun is our greates' cause of complaint. This makes the metropolis a depressing place and ruins it's climate. The fact that the air has | no ozone is always a drawback. The | only way one can get a little ozone lnt' his Hung in London is by living on the l extreme outskirts For this reason th' western suburbs ought to be the healthiest, since the wind blows iron l the west during three-quarters or tht year.-London Mail.