Woodhall spa : cases, results and remarks / by C.J. Williams.

  • Williams, C. J.
Date:
[1894?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Woodhall spa : cases, results and remarks / by C.J. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and as nearly all tlie houses are detached or semi-detached, there is an absence of that crowding which is so prejudicial to the health of the delicate invalid. A list of the lodging and boarding houses, with the number of sitting and bed rooms each contains, will be found on page 76. SUBSOIL AND RAINFALL. We can estimate with sufficient accuracy for all practical purposes the healthiness of any district by the character of its inhabitants, and it is a well-recognised fact that the inhabitants of Lincolnshire are notorious for their longevity and great physical powers. The Bomans, no mean judges of the advantages of places, have left traces behind them in many parts of the county of their energy, their enterprising character, and their indomitable perseverance, whilst the hardy and tough Dane may be said to have left his mark upon the names of the villages, and the type of the inhabitants. These facts make Lincolnshire singularly rich in material of interest to the antiquarian or the anthropologist. A totally erroneous idea is present in many minds that Lincolnshire is one vast fen. This is due to a great extent to the course taken by tbe Great Northern Bail way, which runs through the flattest and dreariest parts of the county, skirting as it does for many miles tiie river Witham, and to those who have made the journey from Peterborough to Boston, and from thence to Lincoln or Hull, the country will present but little to interest the traveller ; let such an one go to Woodhall and wander from thence to Somersby, the birthplace of Tennyson, and they will not wonder that he sang so feelingly of “ The dearness of the distant hills.” Another idea floats about in the public mind which is that Lincolnshire is the very cradle of ague. Such a condition is not met with even in the Fens, where ague