REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A., AND DR. HOOPPELL. 



461 



Mean of wet bulb at 8 a.m., 48-83°; of dry bulb, 50-97°; dif- 

 ference, 2-14°. 



Fall — Eain, 3-13 incbes ; greatest fall, 1-40 incbes on the 

 16th ; days of fall, eleven. 



Eiver Tyne at Wylam Bridge — Mean height, 1-6 feet; highest, 

 2-2 feet on the 19th and 29th. 



Wind— E., 24° N. 



The population of the largest towns in Northumberland and 

 Durham, with their respective death rates, for the second quarter 

 of 1871, was as follows : — 





Estimated 



Population 



middle of 



1871*. 



Persons to 

 an acre. 



Deaths. 



Annual 

 Death Rate 

 per lOuO 

 from all 

 classes. 



Annual 

 Death 

 per 1000 

 from seven 

 principal 

 zymotic 

 diseases. 



Newcastle-on-Tyne 



Sunderland 



128-677 

 98-797 

 48-226 ■ 

 40-800 

 75-390 



24-1 

 29-9 



1,040 

 774 

 347 

 244 

 586 



32-4 

 31-4 

 28-8 

 23-9 

 31-1 

 24-4 



9-3 



12-7 



5-9 



Gateshead 



Tynemouth 



South Shields 



Total of 17 large Towns 



Smallpox was very prevalent during this quarter, not only in 

 Northumberland and Durham, but elsewhere. In London the 

 death rate from this cause was 4-0 persons per 1000, 1-5 in Lan- 

 cashire, 4 - 3 in Durham, 2-9 in Northumberland ; Liverpool 6, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne 7, and Sunderland 9 per 1000. In South 

 Shields the number who died from this disease was 148, and in 

 Gateshead 67. 



Solar Halos were seen at Wallington on the 11th and 29th ; 

 at Sunderland on the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 14th, 19th, 29th, and 30th. 

 Lunar Halos were seen at Sunderland on the 1st. Thunder- 

 storms occurred at Wallington on the 18th ; at Allenheads on 

 the 17th ; at Meldon on the 18th ; at Cresswell on the 18th ; at 

 Whitley on the 30th ; at North Shields on the 18th and 30th ; 



* The figures in this column are the unrevised mumbers enumerated at the census in 

 April, 1871, raised to the middle of the year by adding one-fortieth of the rate of increase 

 which prevailed between 1861 and 1871. 



