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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. 



[anno 1781, 



XXI. Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at 

 Lyndon, in Rutland, 1780. By Thomas Barker, Esq. p. 351. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar, 



Apr. 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Mom. 



Aftern 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Morn. 



Aftern. 



Barometer. 



Highest. 



29-S9 

 30.06 

 29-94 

 2977 

 29.33 

 29.89 

 29.87 

 29.81 

 29.79 

 29.87 

 30.00 

 30.0S 



Lowest. 



28.16 



28.72 



28.99 



28.40 



28.80 



29.26 



29.21 



29.43 



28.70 



2S.20 



28.62 



29.22 



Mean. 



29.39 



29.49 



29.47 



29.21 



29.4S 



29.55 



29.61 



29.65 



29.3S 



29-23 



29.41 



29-83 



Mean of all 



Thermometer. 



In the House. 



Hia;. Low 



29.48 



Mean 



34 

 35 

 37 

 38 

 46 



*7h 



46 



46 



55 



57 



57 £ 



59 



63 



64 



64 



66 



61 



63 



51 



52 



43 



43 * 



40 



40 * 



Abroad. 

 Hig. Low Mean 



36* 15* 27 

 43 



50 



41 



46" 



49 



61 



52 



60 



65 



80* 



62 1 



SO 



65 



83 



63 



81 i 



61 



82 



56 



64 



48* 



48 



46* 



50 



22* 32 

 22 I 31 



30.1 ■ 3 y 

 40 



30 



45 



51 



29* 38 

 38 i 48 

 40* 50* 

 53 I 6l 

 43 i 53* 



51 



51* 



61 



52 



63 



43 



53* 



33* 



45* 



19 



31 



26 



64 



57 h 



69 h 



58 



70 



52 



65 



44 



53 



36" 



40 



35 



38* 



Rain. 



48 



1.013 

 1.572 

 1.175 

 2.727 

 1.201 

 1.920 

 1.566 

 0.432 

 3.427 

 3.080 

 1.461 

 0.534 



Mean rain. 



10 yrs 

 71—80 



20.108 



1.677 



1.871 



1.355 



1.314 



2 081 



2.374 



2.507 



2.468 



3.1 42 



2.975 



2.372 



1.889 



26.U24 



45 yrs. 

 36—80 



1.573 

 1.378 

 1.315 

 1.465 

 1.610 

 2.249 

 2.516 

 2.247 

 2.016 

 2.158 

 1.943 

 1.740 



22.210 



XXII. Some Calculations of the Number of Accidents or Deaths which happen 

 in consequence of Parturition ; and of the Proportion of Male to Female Chil- 

 dren, as well as of Twins, monstrous Productions, and Children dead- born ; 

 taken Jrom the Midwifery Reports of the Westminster General Dispensary: 

 with an Attempt to ascertain the Chance of Life at different Periods, from 

 Infancy to Twenty-six Years of Age ; also the Proportion of Natives to the 

 rest of the Inhabitants of London. By Robt. Bland, M. D., of the West- 

 minster General Dispensary, p. 355. 

 As Dr. B.'s first view was to find the proportion of difficult labours, and of the 



accidents or deaths that happen in consequence of child-birth, he began as 



follows : 



Of I897 women delivered under the care of the Dispensary, 63, or 1 in 30, 



had unnatural labours: in 18 of these, or 1 in 105, the children presented by 



their feet; in 36, or l in 52, the breech presented; in 8 the arms presented ; 



and in 1 the funis. 



