Scarborough as a health resort : its physical geography, geology, climate & vital statistics, with a health guide map, &c / [by A. Haviland].

  • Haviland, Alfred, -1903.
Date:
1883
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Credit: Scarborough as a health resort : its physical geography, geology, climate & vital statistics, with a health guide map, &c / [by A. Haviland]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    As re.ourds the Isle of Man the mean Lat. IsT. 54° IG' would as nearl)' as iiossible pass through its centre, the highest part of Snaefell (54° 15' 47) at an altitude of 2,033-7 feet above the sea level, midway between Eamsey, 54° 19' 25 and Douglas, 54° 8' 48 Lat. N. Scarborough is not quite 3 geographical miles Is^orth of Peel. Uiider climate I sliall be able to compare the difference in the prevalence of tlie Avinds at these two points. Scarborough lies on the same parallel tliat the Petchekupan Piiver does, which empties itself into the Jouktoke Inlet on the coast of Labrador. SECTION IL Description of the Physical Geography op Scarborough AS SHOWN BY THE MaP ; ITS ASPECTS, ALTITUDES; AND Eelative Position with regard to surrounding Localities. ANCIENT Scarborougli Avas originally built upon the South side of the isthmus, A\diich connects the Castle Hill Avith the mainland, and it is probable therefore that the ■peninsular position of the town, rendered its inhabitants a healthy and hardy people, healthier and liardier perhaps than their more inland neighbours, A\dio had their homes in the beautiful A^alleys to the West. Modern Scarborough, probably Avith the prestige of tlic healthiness of the old toAvn, lias grown to be a liealth resort; from a stronghold against liuman invaders it has groAvn to be a stronghold against the Avorst of all invaders —disease. The map Avhich illustrates this memoir, shoAvs by the contour lines and distinctive.shadings, that the greater, the most important, and the most beautiful part of Scarborough, stands upon a site abruptly elevated above tlic mean sea level