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DR R. E. SCORESBY-JACKSON 



April, 35-9 



March, 35-1 



May, 33-6 



June, 33 5 



February, 323 



January, 30-6 



July, 30-3 



December, 28- 1 



November, 26-7 



August, 260 



September 23*1 



October, 22-9 



The average monthly ratio of deaths fi'om phthisis pulmonalis, per 100,000 

 living at all ages, in the eight larger towns of Scotland, during the six years 1857-62 

 inclusive, is exhibited in the following table, together with some of the meteoro- 

 logical characteristics of the corresponding periods : — 



Tear. 



Mor- 

 tality. 



Mean 

 Temp. 



Mean of the 



Monthly 



Ranges of 



Temperature. 



Mean of the 



Daily Eanges of 



Temperature. 



Mean 

 Height of 

 Barometer. 



Mean of the 

 Monthly 

 Eanges of 



Barometer. 



Total 



Rainfall in 



Inches. 



Total of 

 Days of N., 

 N.E., and 

 E. Winds, i 



1860 

 1862 

 1858 

 1857 

 1861 

 1859 



32-4 

 30-1 

 29-5 

 29-4 

 29-1 

 28-7 



44-5 

 46-1 

 46-6 

 48-0 

 46-9 

 46-7 



31-3 

 300 

 45-8 

 49-8 

 30-9 

 33-6 



11-8 

 11-5 

 12-8 

 11-8 

 11-6 

 12-7 



29-785 

 29-812 

 29-916 

 29-893 

 29-838 

 29-817 



1-444 

 1-218 

 1-294 

 1-236 

 1-099 

 1-289 



37-88 

 4529 

 33-91 

 30-56 

 45-07 

 37-17 



1050 

 740 

 74-0 

 98-8 

 83-0 

 760 



Average, 



29-7 



46-5 



36-9 120 



1 



29-843 



1-263 



38-31 



851 



The following table is constructed upon the plan of those previously given with 

 other subjects of investigation ; the months are not those of the same years, but 

 those of any year in which the highest or lowest death-rate from phthisis occurred. 





Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



April 



JIay. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Average 



Mean temperature with highest 1 

 mortality, J 



36-3 



340 



38-4 



41-6 



60-2 



530 



58-0 



54-4 



53-4 



46-0 



39-4 



340 



44-9 



Mean temperature with lowest 1 

 mortality, J 



Monthly range of temperature 1 

 with highest mortality, . . J 



39-6 



39-3 



43-0 



41-3 



49-5 



57-2 



53-8 



56-0 



53-7 



45-8 



37-1 



41-8 



46-5 



37-4 



35-0 



27-0 



32-2 



35-5 



27-5 



46-5 



27-1 



32-9 



29-6 



33-3 



85-5 



33-3 



Monthly range of temperature 

 with lowest mortality, . . J 



27-1 



56-0 



33-2 



39-0 



54-7 



32-3 



26-2 



26-4 



27-7 



43-8 



83-3 



22-7 



35-2 



Daily range of temperature 

 with highest mortality, . . 



8-2 



10-7 



11-5 



14-9 



15-0 



13-8 



14-1 



12-8 



14-1 



10 9 



9-7 



8-7 



12-0 



Daily range of temperature 

 with lowest mortality, . . 



9-6 



10-8 



10-9 



13-6 



14-8 



13-6 



13-1 



12-6 



110 



120 



11-0 



8-7 



11-8 



Mean height of barometer with 

 highest mortality J 



Mean height of barometer with S 

 lowest mortality, . . . . | 



Range of barometer with 

 highest mortality, .... 



30-038 



29-932 



29-639 



29-978 



29-831 



29-674 



29-832 



29-575 



29-979 



29-784 



29-956 



29-651 



29-iJ 



29-864 



29-840 



29-707 



29-751 



29-823 



29-961 



29-735 



29-885 



29-723 



29-667 



29-897 



29-767 



29^ 



1-026 



2-079 



1-931 



1-860 



1-228 



1-102 



0-850 



1-080 



0-993 



1-261 



1-872 



1-853 



1-m 



Range of barometer with lowest ) 

 mortality, ) 



1-855 



1-289 



1-270 



1-289 



1-339 



0-694 



0-790 



0-944 



1172 



1-236 



1-513 



1-204 



1-2K 



Rain in inches with highest 

 mortality, 



Rain in inches with lowest 1 

 mortality, J 



Days of N., N.E., and E. winds ' 

 with highest mortality, . . 



3-09 



2-69 



3-52 



1-18 



2-18 



4-34 



2-17 



3-79 



2-44 



5-14 



2-38 



3-66 



3-06 



4-21 



1-54 



4-18 



3-20 



2-81 



2-35 



3-87 



3-35 



5-27 



4-60 



6-32 



5-20 



3-91 



6-0 



8-0 



6-0 



13-0 



8-0 



11-0 



3-0 



6-0 



6-0 



4-0 



10-0 



8-0 



7-42 



Days of N., N.E., and E. winds 1 

 with lowest mortality, . . J 



1-0 



1-6 



40 



12-0 



8-5 



140 



4-0 



7-0 



3-0 



10-0 



2-0 



20 



5-76 































