Sept. 1, 1882] 



KNOWL.EDGE 



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WEATHER CHARTS FOR WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, AUG. 27. 



MoxDAT, Am. 21.ST. Tcesday, Aug. 22kd. Wednesday, Aug. 23rd. 



Sunday, Aug. 20tu. 



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Thuksday, Aug. 24Tn. 



Friday, Aug. 25th. 



Saturday, Aug. 26Tn. 



Sunday, Aug. 27tu. 



In the above charts the dotted lines are " isobars," or lines of equal barometrical pressure, the values which they indicate being 

 given in figures at the end, thus — 30-4. The shade temperature is given in figures for several places on the coast, and the weather ia 



recorded in words. The arrows fly with the wind, the force of which is shown by the number of barbs and feathers, thus: — ^ , 



light ; ^, fresh or strong ; ^ > , a pale ; j* *- , a violent gale ; signifies calm. The state of the sea is noted in capital 



letters. The * denotes the various stations. The hour for which each chart is drawn is 6 p.m. 



THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 



THE Registrar-General's weekly return shows tliat the annual 

 rate of mortality last week in 28 of the largest English towns 

 averaged 22" per 1,000 of their aggregate population, which is 

 estimated at 8,460,.'J71 persons in the middle of this year. The six 

 hoalthiest places were Derby, liristol, Halifav, London, Birkenhead, 

 and Brighton. In London 2,554 births and 1,401 deaths were re- 

 ciatered. Allowing for increase of population, tho births were 

 three and the deaths 91 below the average numbers in the corre- 

 sponding week of the last ten years. The annual death-rate 

 from all causes, which had slowly but steadily increased in the 

 five preceding weeks from 177 to 20'5 per 1,000, declined 

 again last week to 188. During the lirst eight weeks of 

 the current quarter tho death-rate averaged only 18G i)er 1,0C0, 

 against 211 and 229 in the corresponding- periods of lb80 and 

 1881. 



The 1,401 deaths included one from small-pox, 27 from 

 measles, 36 from scarlet fever, 18 from diphtheria, 40 from whoop- 

 ing-cough, one from typhus fever, 14 from enteric fever, one fi-ora 

 an ill-defined form of continued fever, 158 from diarrha'a and dysen- 

 tery, and six from simple cholera. Thus 302 deaths were referred 



to these diseases, being 77 below the corrected avernge number in 

 the corresponding week of tho last ten years. Different forms of 

 violence caused 48 deaths ; 42 were tho result of negligence or acci- 

 dent, among which were 20 from fractures and contusions, 11 from 

 drowning, 2 from poison, and 4 of infants under one year of age from 

 suffocation. The 20 deaths from fractures and contusions were thus 

 caused : — A male, aged 40 years, fell from a bi-ougham ; males 

 1, 4, 4, run over by van ; male 6, crushed by van ; male 27, mn 

 over by waggon ; male 8, crushed by waggon ; female 4, run over 

 by tram-car ; male 42, run over on London and South- Western 

 Eailwaj- ; female 2, fell from perambulator; male 2 and female 58, 

 fell down stairs ; male 35, fell from ladder ; female 8, fell from 

 window ; female 92, fell out of bed ; male 13, fell while at play ; 

 male 55 and female 45, by fall ; male 25, crushed by machinery ; 

 and female 10, by blow of stone. An inquest was held in each of 

 these 20 case.^. Three cases of suicide were registeriHl. In greater 

 London 3,245 births and 1,760 deaths were registered, equal to 

 annual rates of 3 IG and 188 per 1,000 of tho population. In the 

 outer ring the 55 fatal cases of diarrhoea corresponded >vith the 

 number in the previous week, and included 20 in West Uam district. 

 Of the 8 deaths from scarlet fever, 4 occurred in West Ham, and 3 

 in Tottenham sub-districts. 



