LACK OF SUNSHINE
SUMMER IN ENGLAND. FORECAST OF WINTER ILLS. London, August 26. The coming winter in England is likely to be the busiest doctors have known for years. The reason is the sunless, cold and damp summer of 1936. Lack of sunshine, according to medical men, has reduced powers of resistance and there are fears that there may be a considerable increase of illhealth.
“Those who are likely to suffer most are children,” a prominent West End doctor said this week. “Every child needs plenty of light and sunshine, and there must be millions of children all over the country who have lost valuable hours of sunshine—those from the wealthiest homes who have missed their daily outings in the parks, as well as the many children of poor parents whose only playground is the street. “Adults will feel the effects of this sunless summer,” he added, “and are likely to be troubled with nervous disorders.”
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Southland Times, Issue 22999, 19 September 1936, Page 24 (Supplement)
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