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ingof the 2nd, together with lightning, and the latter alone on the evening of 

 the 4th. 



Spontaneous Evaporation did not much exceed rainfall notwithstanding the 

 windy character of the month. It only amounted to 2 "59 inches. 



Rumidity had a mean of 68, which is — 3 below the 20 years' average. 



Elastic force of Vapor mean was 328, being only + 1 higher than the average 

 of the 20 years. The very unusually high force of 633 was recorded at 1 p.m. 

 on the 12th, and 407 at 7 a.m. OjI the 23rd and at the three observations on 

 the 30th, respectively were 310, 405, and 492. These conditions were adverse to 

 health. 



Cloud mean was 655, being -f-"46 above the 20 years' average, and notwith- 

 standing the more liberal fall of rain and greater number of wet days in No- 

 vember, 1 863, was also + '55 more than the cloud mean in that month. 



O^one mean was 8 "41 being +1*11 more than the November average of the 

 previous seven years, and higher than any of them. Acute inflammation of 

 the air passages did not prevail much, and but four deaths from Bronchitis and 

 Pneumonia were recorded. Had the hygrometrical state of the air been 

 less favorable, a different result would have, no doubt, occurred, as the 

 temperature and pressure of the air were both so variable. 



Electricity exhibited a strength and activity for the whole month, without 

 parallel, since records have been kept. The positive indications were 15 with 

 a maximum tension of 9. Negative was recorded 42 times, with a maximum 

 tension of 8-5. " Nil" was registered at 7 a.m. on the 21 st, and at both observa- 

 tions on the 22nd. This is a noteworthy fact in association with the cases of 

 lockja*' about and after this period, which will be commented upon hereafter. 



Forty -three deaths occurred duriiag the month, being +3 3-7 more than 

 the average of the previous seven years' Novembers, which as the table fol- 

 lowing shows, is "39 4-7 : — 



The deaths under one year of age were all under six months old, and the 

 number is very considerably below the seven years' average. At 1 to 5 years 

 old the rate was less than half the seven years' mean. Altogether the deaths 

 under 5 years of age (6) were less than one-seventh of the total deaths at all 

 ages (43). No previous November had so small an infantile mortality, and 

 this is considered the nicest test of salubrity. At from 5 to 20, the deaths 

 were nearly double the average, a very unusual occurrence. In the three 

 groups of ages, from 20 upwards, all were above the average. Of the ten 

 above 60 years of age, four were above 80 years old, i.e. two at 82, one at 84, 

 and one at 102, all inmates of the Male Invalid Asylum at the Brickfields. 

 The centenarian up to a few months ago, was an active man, and in full posses 

 sion of his ordinary mental faculties. 



Only one death occurred from zymotic disease,Sihahe less than five months old, 



