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



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September. — 



" St. Michael's rain does not stay long in the sky." 



— French Proverb. 



Greenwich. — The mean temperature of September was 57'4°, 

 being 0-9° higher than the average of 100 years, and higher than 

 in 1870 by 1-7°. 



The mean high day temperatures of September were lower, 

 and the mean low night temperatures were higher than the 

 average. 



The daily ranges of temperature were less than the average 

 by 1-2°. 



The mean daily readings of the barometer were generally 

 below the average from the 1st to the 11th and from the 20th 

 to the end of the month, the means for the remaining days being 

 in excess. The minimum reading for the month was 28 - 85 inches 

 on the 27th, the highest reading was 30*12 on the 14th, and the 

 range l - 27 inches. 



The fall of rain was 1*7 inches in excess. 



The mean temperature of the air in the three months ending 

 August was 60-4°, being 0*2° higher tban the average of 100 

 years. 



The population of the largest towns in Northumberland and 

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

 of 1871, were as follows : — 





Estimated 

 Population 



Persons to 

 an Acre. 



Deaths. 



Annual 

 Death Rate 



to 1000 

 living from 

 7 principal 



zymotic 



diseases. 



Annual 



Death Rate 



to 1000 



living. 



Newcastle-on-Tyne 



12S-G77 

 98-797 

 75-390 

 48-226 

 40-800 



24-1 

 29-9 



1,208 



1,132 



610 



455 



305 



15-3 

 26-4 



37-7 

 46-0 

 32-4 

 47-7 

 29-9 



South Shields 









The highest death rates in the seventeen largest English towns 

 during the quarter ending September 30th were as follows : — 

 Manchester, 34; Salford, 35; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 38; 



