A HINT TO BATHERS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 949, 13 November 1879, Page 2

A HINT TO BATHERS.

The season for bathing having now fully set in, the insertion of the following excerpt from a Home paper will be found opportune. With the view of diminishing the (number of deaths which annually occur at this season of the year from incautious bathing, the following notice has, by order of the Royal Humane Society, been issued by the Secretary, and distributed throughout the United Kingdom, and having regard to the usual number of drowning cases which have occurred at Derby of late, we cannot do better than to give it a locallprominence. " Important to bathers. — Avoid bathing within two hours after a meal. Avoid bathing when exhausted by fatigue or from any oiher cause. A void bathing altogether in the open air if, after having been a short time in the water, there is a sense of chilliness with numbness of the hands and feet ; but bathe when the body is warm, provided no time is lust getting int > the water, Avoid chilling the body by sitting or standing undressed on the banks or in boats after having been in the water. Avoid remaining too long in the water, but leave the water immediately there is the slightest feeling of chilliness. The vigorous and strong may bathe early in the mornining on an empty stomach. The young and those who are weak had better bathe two or three hours after breakfast. Those who are subject to attacks of giddiness or faintneas, and those who suffer from palpitation and other sense of discomfort at the heart, should not bathe without first consulttheir medical adviser."