168 REPORT—1840. 
Birmingham 81, Leeds 79, Liverpool and Manchester 63. In Sear- 
borough it ascends to the high number of 195, giving to its residents 
more than double the chance of attaining old age over many of our 
populous towns, and three times the chance over Manchester. 
“Turning our attention from the oldest periods of life to the youngest, 
we shall find that the deaths under one year for 1000 of all ages are 
214 for the whole kingdom, 277 for Leeds, 237 for the East Riding, 
191 for the North Riding; and notwithstanding the fatality of the 
measles in the first of the 3 years, only 181 for Scarborough.” 
In the notes on the climate he says, “ The remarkable mildness of the 
winter and summer months here is deserving of attention. It might 
scarcely be imagined, that in the severe winter of 1838 we had only 40 
days or nights in which the thermometer was ever seen at or below 
the freezing point, while in London there were 44 and in York 70. 
There were aiso only two days in which it did not rise above 32° during 
some part of the day, in London there were 18. The thermometer on 
the 19th of January 1838, was 30° at Scarborough, 2° at York, and 13° 
in London. For the last eight years the thermometer has never fallen 
lower than 20°, nor risen higher than 83°. 
“In the hottest year, 1834, the thermometer will be found in the Tables 
to have been 39 days from 70° and upward, and 76 days above 65°. 
This was one of the most sickly seasons I ever knew. One of the 
healthiest was perhaps the last, which was the coldest, only giving 4 
days for 70° and upward, and 27 above 65°. So remarkably mild are 
the winters in general at Scarborough, that there have been only 5 days 
in the eight years (including that of the severe frost) in which the ther- 
mometer was as low as the freezing point during the whole day, and 
202, or 25°16 in a year, in which it descended to it during the lowest 
range in the night or day.” The mean temperature for the year is 47°, 
and mean daily range 8° to 9°. The prevailing winds are westerly, being 
Westerly, 612. North, 137. 
Easterly, 367. South, 121. 
** The mean annual fall of rain is 22°10 inches.” 
Tables were given, illustrating the number of deaths under different 
conditions of the atmosphere. 
Sir David Dickson communicated descriptions of several cases, 
which were read to the meeting by the Secretary. 
