from whooping-cough occurred in No. 2 North City-Lisburn-streetDistrict.

Sixteen cases of enteric fever were admitted to hospital, being 11 in excess of the admissions for the preceding week and 5 over the number for the week ended February 13. Twelve enteric fever patients were discharged, 1 died, and 65 remained under treatment on Saturday, being over the number in hospital at the close of the preceding week.

The hospital admissions for the week include, also, 10 cases of measles and 1 case of scarlatina, but no cases of typhus were received. Twentytwo cases of measles, 5 of scarlatina, and 1 of typhus remained under treatment in hospital on Saturday.

Deaths from diseases of the respiratory system amount to 65, being 4 over the number for the preceding week and 9 in excess of the average for the eighth week of the last ten years. They comprise 52 from 'ronchitis and 11 from pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs.

METEOROLOGY.

Abstract of Observations made in the City of Dublin, Lat. 53° 20′ N., Long. 6° 15′ W., for the Month of February, 1892.

Maximal Height of Barometer (on 13th, at 9 a.m.),

29.787 inches.

30.666

Minimal Height of Barometer (on 20th, at midnight) 29-136

Highest Temperature in Shade (on 7th)

Lowest Temperature in Shade (on 17th),

40.8°.

39.1°.

36.5°.

221 inch.

85.0 per cent.

54.6°.

Lowest Temperature on Grass (Radiation) (on 17th), 21.1°.

Mean Amount of Cloud,

Rainfall (on 19 days),

Greatest Daily Rainfall (on 20th),

General Directions of Wind,

Remarks.

No greater contrast could there be than between the weather of February, 1892, and that of February, 1891, which proved a record month for drought, mildness, calm, and fogginess combined.

The month now under review was, on the contrary, wet, cold, stormy, and cloudy. Rain or snow fell in measurable quantity on 19 out of 29 days, and on as many as 10 days the wind reached the force of a gale in Dublin. Had it not been for a mild period from the 6th to the 12th, February, 1892, would have proved one of the coldest on record.

In Dublin the mean temperature (41.3°) was 1.5° below the average (42.8°); the mean dry bulb readings at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. were 40·8°. In the twenty-seven years ending with 1891, February was coldest in 1873 (M. T. = 37.9°), and warmest in 1869 (M. T. = 46·7°). In 1886 the M. T. was 39.7°. In the year 1879 (the "cold year") it was 40·1o. In 1888 it was as low as 38.6°; in 1889 it was 40-3°; in 1890 it was 41.5°; and in 1891 it was as high as 44·7°.

The mean height of the barometer was 29.787 inches, or 0.068 inch below the average value for February-namely, 29-855 inches, and 611 inch below the mean pressure in February, 1891. The mercury rose to 30.666 inches at 9 a.m. of the 13th, and fell to 29-136 inches at midnight of the 20th. The observed range of atmospherical pressure was, therefore, 1.530 inches-that is, a little over an inch and a half.

The mean temperature deduced from daily readings of the dry bulb thermometer at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. was 40.8°, or 2.3° above the value for January, 1892. Using the formula, Mean Temp. = Min. + (max— min. ×50), the M. T. becomes 41.3°, compared with a twenty-five years average of 42.8°. On the 7th the thermometer in the screen rose to 54.6°—wind, W.; on the 17th the temperature fell to 26.1°-wind, W.S.W. The minimum on the grass was 21.1° on the 17th.

The rainfall was 2.119 inches, distributed over 19 days. The average rainfall for February in the twenty-five years, 1865-89, inclusive, was 2-150 inches, and the average number of rainy days was 17-2. The rainfall, therefore, was slightly below the average, while the rainy days were above it. In 1883 the rainfall in February was large-3752 inches on 17 days; in 1879, also, 3.706 inches fell on 23 days. On the other hand, in 1873, only 925 of an inch was measured on but 8 days; in 1890, only 802 of an inch fell on but 7 days; and in 1887 only 541 of an inch fell on 11 days. The rainfall in 1887 was much the smallest recorded in February for very many years. But the record for 1891 is probably unparalleled-042 inch on 2 days. The nearest approach to this drought was in September, 1865, when only 056 of an inch of rain was measured on but 3 days.

There was no snow, sleet, or hail in Dublin in February, 1891, but in the present month snow or sleet fell on 8 days-the 1st, 2nd, 15th. 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th; while hail was observed on 5 daysthe 15th, 16th, 18th, 21st, and 29th.

The atmosphere was foggy on 6 days-namely, the 4th, 6th, 9th, 25th, 26th, and 27th. The amount of cloud-68.5 per cent.—was in excess of the average-66 per cent. High winds were noted on 14 days, reach ing the force of a gale on no less than 10 occasions-namely, the 1st. 2nd, 7th, 8th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 23rd.

The temperature exceeded 50° in the screen on 6 days, compared with 6 days in January, and as many as 14 days in February, 1891; while it

fell to or below 32° in the screen on 5 days, compared with 15 days in January, and with 2 in February, 1891. The minima on the grass were 32°, or less, on 16 nights, compared with 25 nights in January, and 17 nights in February, 1891. On 6 days the thermometer failed to rise above 40° in the screen.

Very changeable weather prevailed throughout the period ended Saturday, the 6th. Large depressions passed eastwards or northeastwards across Scotland, the Norwegian Sea, and Scandinavia, causing frequent showers, storms, and sudden changes of temperature. The most serious and deepest of these depressions was observed on the evening of Monday, the 1st, when the barometer sank to 28.02 inches by 6 p.m. at Sumburgh Head in the Shetlands. In Dublin Monday broke during the prevalence of a gale from S.W. to W. On this day the weather turned much colder and falls of snow occurred during the ensuing night. Tuesday and Wednesday were cold, but chiefly fine and dry. Thursday was dull, with rain at times-in the evening the sky cleared. Friday was a fine day. Saturday proved dull, damp, foggy, mild, and rainy. A near conjunction of the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus in the southwestern sky was well observed on Monday evening, and on Friday the planets Jupiter and Venus were seen quite close together after dusk. In Dublin the barometer fell to 29.150 inches at 3 p.m. of Tuesday (wind, W.). On Monday the thermometer rose to 50.8° in the shade; on Tuesday it fell to 33.0°. The rainfall was 242 inch on four days-121 inch being measured on Monday. The prevailing winds were W. and S.W.

Very dull mild weather prevailed after Monday, the 8th, to the close of the week ended Saturday, the 13th. On Sunday a depression crossed Scotland in an easterly direction, causing fresh or strong westerly winds, and rain at many stations. A secondary disturbance followed at night, being heralded by lunar balos and accompanied by a gale and heavy rain early on Monday morning. The weather then cleared and remained fair and cool until 6 a.m. of Tuesday, when foggy, damp, cloudy weather set in. An anticyclone was at this time found over the S. of Ireland, the S.W. of England, and Brittany, as well as over the Atlantic to the southwestward of the British Islands. This high pressure system daily increased in intensity, until on Saturday morning the barometer stood as high as 30-67 inches in Dublin, 30-70 inches at Valentia Island, and 30-73 inches at Belmullet. On Thursday night the sky cleared over the S.E. of England, where temperature consequently fell fast, so that frost becurred on Friday morning. A similar clearing of the sky took place n Dublin at midnight of Friday, resulting in a rapid decrease of tempeature for the time being. By 8 a.m. of Saturday, however, the sky and again become overcast. In Dublin the mean atmospherical pressure vas 30-341 inches, or more than three-quarters of an inch above the value for the previous week (29-566 inches). The barometer fell to

29.730 inches at 4 p.m. of Sunday (wind, W.), and rose to 30-666 inches at 9 a.m. of Saturday (wind, N.N.W.). The mean temperature was 46-5°, the mean dry bulb temperature at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. being 46.3°. The thermometers in the screen rose to 54.6° on Sunday and fell to 38.9° on Saturday. The rainfall was 333 inch on three days, 310 inch being referred to Sunday. The prevailing winds were W. and N.W. The percentage of cloud during the week was 75.

It is not often that, even in the variable climate of the British Islands, so complete a volte-face occurs in the weather of two consecutive weeks as that which we have now to chronicle. The week ending the 13th was dull, mild, and genial, with moderate westerly winds: the week now under review was inclement, cold, and stormy, with frequent falls of snow and hail, and a prevalence of piercing, dry easterly winds. The change began early on Sunday morning with a rapid decrease of bot pressure and temperature as an extensive depression advanced from th northward, passing in a southerly direction across Great Britain. heavy shower of cold rain fell in Dublin at 3 30 p.m. of Sunday, th 14th, after which the sky cleared with ever-increasing cold. Snow, slee and hail fell on Monday, when the wind shifted to E., and finally rose t a gale. A new disturbance on Wednesday caused a temporary shift c wind to W., and a fall of snow, followed by a thaw. Next day the win returned to the eastward and snow and hail fell in abundance. 0 Friday and Saturday a severe easterly gale prevailed with heavy snow storms. At first the air was unusually dry, the relative humidit falling to 55 per cent. at 9 a.m. of Friday. Afterwards the air becam damp and raw, with a gradual thaw on Saturday. The cold in centra England was at times very intense-at Loughborough, in Leicestershir the thermometer in the screen fell to 0° (zero) on Wednesday and to 4 on Friday, when the minimum at York also was 7°. On this day th unusually low reading -2° was recorded at Braemar in Scotland an Newton Reigny in Cumberland. In Dublin the mean pressure wa 29.526 inches, the barometer ranging between 30-193 inches at 9 a.n of Sunday (wind, W.) and 29.136 inches at midnight of Saturday (wind E.). The corrected mean temperature was 35.1°. The mean dry bul temperature at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. was 34.6°. The screened thermometer rose to 48.6° on Sunday and fell to 26.1° on Wednesday. The rainfa consisted chiefly of snow and hail. It amounted to 937 inch on 7 day The heaviest fall was 531 inch on Saturday. The prevailing wind were W.N.W. and E.N.E.

During the week ended Saturday, the 27th, the weather was for t most part dull, rainy, and cold, with persistent south-easterly winds an cloudy skies. A large anticyclone was found throughout over easter and northern Europe, while a deep depression passed slowly away to s from the S.W. of Ireland, to which locality it had advanced from th

southward on Saturday, the 20th. At 8 a.m. of Sunday, the 21st, the barometer was as low as 28.89 inches at Valentia Island in Kerry, or exactly one inch lower than the reading in the Shetlands at the same time. During the previous night a whole gale to a storm from the eastward had been experienced in Ireland, where snow, sleet, and rain fell in large quantities. While the depression in the S.W. was gradually "filling up" and moving away over the Atlantic, the weather remained dull and wet, with strong and squally S.E. winds. On Friday atmospherical pressure became uniform over Ireland, where the sky cleared temporarily and the thermometer fell fast. Saturday proved gloomy and cold with a freshening easterly to north-easterly wind. In Dublin the mean height of the barometer was 29.671 inches, pressure increasing from 29-188 inches at 9 a.m. of Sunday (wind, S.E.) to 30-119 inches at 9 a.m. of Saturday (wind, E. by N.). The mean temperature was 42.2°. The Kean dry bulb readings at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. were 42.4°. The screened thermometers rose to 47·7° on Friday and fell to 33.8° early on Saturday. The rainfall amounted to 605 inch on five days. Of this quantity 153 ich was measured on Tuesday. Thunder and lightning were rather prevalent in the south. The wind was constantly S.S.E. or S.E. until Saturday, when it backed to E.N.E.

The last two days of the month were cold, changeable, and for the t part dull. A shower of hail fell on the afternoon of the 29th. La Dublin the rainfall up to February 29, 1892, has amounted to 3-817 shes on 39 days, compared with 714 inch on 16 days in the same period in 1891, and a twenty-five years' (1865-1889) average of 4.350 mehes on 34-5 days.

At Knockdolian, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, 2.165 inches of rain fell in February, on 16 days; and only 1.045 inches in January, on 15 days. The total fall to February 29th inclusive has been 3-210 inches, on 31 days.

LEAD-POISONING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

ly a recent issue of the Australasian Medical Gazette there is an amusing e of "lead"-poisoning, gravely reported and justly called a "remarkable case." The reporter's daughter "accidentally fell when running, and broke the point of a black lead pencil in the back part of her hand." A bit of lead (about 2 grains)" remained imbedded for six or seven weeks, and produced optic neuritis until removed. The doctor had "often attended patients suffering from lead-colic, but the symptoms in the present case were somewhat of a different character." The most remarkshle thing about the case is that the editor prints it in full, with its title, Remarkable Case of Lead-Poisoning," contenting himself with a mild Este "reminding" the writer that plumbago contains no lead!