all causes registered in that district having been caused by diarrhoea. Among the 140 deaths from all causes registered in Belfast are 1 from measles, 2 from scarlatina, 5 from whooping-cough, 3 from diphtheria, 5 from enteric fever, and 3 from diarrhoea. The 37 deaths in Cork comprise 1 from whooping-cough, 1 from enteric fever, and 2 from diarrhoea. The 17 deaths in Londonderry comprise 1 from diphtheria and 2 from diarrhoea.

In the Dublin Registration District the registered births amounted to 162-71 boys and 91 girls; and the registered deaths to 226-108 males and 118 females.

The deaths, which are 48 over the average number for the corresponding week of the last ten years, represent an annual rate of mortality of 33.9 in every 1,000 of the population. Omitting the deaths (numbering 11) of persons admitted into public institutions from localities outside the district, the rate was 32.3 per 1,000. During the first forty-six weeks of the current year the death-rate averaged 25.3, and was 1.8 under the mean rate in the corresponding period of the ten years 1881-1890.

Twenty-four deaths from zymotic diseases were registered, being 4 over the average for the corresponding week of the last ten years, and 3 in excess of the number for the week ended November 14. They consist of 1 from measles, 1 from typhus, 3 from whooping-cough, 1 from cerebrospinal meningitis, 12 from enteric fever (being 8 over the number from that disease for the preceding week, but 2 under the number for the week ended November 7), 3 from diarrhoea, 1 from dysentery, and 2 from erysipelas.

During the week ended November 7, 38 cases of enteric fever were admitted to hospital. In the following week the admissions fell to 25, and this week they declined to 22, being the lowest number of admissions for any week since that ended October 3. Thirty-seven enteric fever patients were discharged, 3 died, and 170 remained under treatment on Saturday, being 18 under the number in hospital at the close of the preceding week.

The hospital admissions for the week include, also, 5 cases of measles and 1 each of scarlatina, but no cases of typhus were received. Seven cases of measles, 7 of scarlatina, and 2 of typhus remained under treatment in hospital on Saturday.

Deaths from diseases of the respiratory system, which had risen from 35 in the week ended November 7, to 43 in the following week, further rose this week to 58, or 19 over the average for the corresponding week of the last ten years. The 58 deaths comprise 39 from bronchitis and 14 from pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs.

In the week ending Saturday, November 28, the mortality in twentyeight large English towns, including London (in which the rate was 19.9),

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was equal to an average annual death-rate of 20-5 per 1,000 persons living. The average rate for eight principal towns of Scotland was 31.7 per 1,000. In Glasgow the rate was 30-8, but in Edinburgh it was as high as 35.3.

The average annual death-rate represented by the deaths registered in the sixteen principal town districts of Ireland was 29.6 per 1,000 of the unrevised population, based on the Census of 1891.

The deaths from the principal zymotic diseases in the sixteen districts were equal to an annual rate of 2·5 per 1,000, the rates varying from 0-0) in nine of the districts to 10-4 in Sligo-the 4 deaths from all causes registered in that district comprising 2 from diphtheria. Among the 167 deaths from all causes registered in Belfast are 2 from measles, 6 from whooping-cough, 4 from enteric fever, and 2 from diarrhea. The 44 deaths in Cork comprise 1 from whooping-cough, 1 from enteric fever, and 1 from diarrhoea.

In the Dublin Registration District the registered births amounted to 183-97 boys and 86 girls; and the registered deaths to 202-100 males and 102 females.

The deaths, which are 12 over the average number for the corresponding week of the last ten years, represent an annual rate of mortality of 30.3 in every 1,000 of the population. Omitting the deaths (numbering 7) of persons admitted into public institutions from localities outside the district, the rate was 29-3 per 1,000. During the forty-seven weeks of the current year the death-rate averaged 25·4, and was 17 under the mean rate in the corresponding period of the ten years 18811890.

Twenty-six deaths from zymotic diseases were registered, being 2 over the number for the preceding week and also 2 in excess of the average for the forty-seventh week of the last ten years. They comprise 2 from influenza, 4 from whooping-cough, 1 from diphtheria, 8 from enteric fever, 6 from diarrhoea, and 1 from erysipelas.

The number of cases of enteric fever admitted to hospital during the week is 20, being 2 under the number for the preceding week, 5 under that for the week ended November 14, and 18 under that for the week ended November 7. Twenty-eight enteric fever patients were discharged, 3 died, and 159 remained under treatment on Saturday, being 11 under the number in hospital at the close of the preceding week.

The hospital admissions for the week include also 4 cases of measles and 1 case of scarlatina; 11 cases of measles and 6 of scarlatina remained under treatment in hospital on Saturday. No cases of typhus were admitted during the week, nor were there any cases of that disease in hospital at the close of the week.

Deaths from diseases of the respiratory system, which had risen from 43 in the week ended November 14, to 58 in the following week, fell

this week to 55, but this number is 13 over the average for the corresponding week of the last ten years. The 55 deaths comprise 42 from bronchitis and 9 from pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs.

In the week ending Saturday, December 5, the mortality in twentyeight large English towns, including London (in which the rate was 21-2), was equal to an average annual death-rate of 22-6 per 1,000 persons living. The average rate for eight principal towns of Scotland was 32-2 per 1,000. In Glasgow the rate was 31.3, and in Edinburgh it was 38.1. The average annual death-rate in the sixteen principal town districts of Ireland was 34.6 per 1,000 of the population (unrevised) according to the recent Census.

The deaths from the principal zymotic diseases in the sixteen districts were equal to an annual rate of 1.7 per 1,000, the rates varying from 0.0 in thirteen of the districts to 3.1 in Belfast-the 224 deaths from all causes registered in that district comprising 1 from scarlatina, 8 from whooping-cough, 2 from enteric fever, and 4 from diarrhoea. There are also among the 224 deaths 26 from phthisis and 106 from diseases of the respiratory system.

In the Dublin Registration District the registered births amounted to 183-97 boys and 86 girls; and the registered deaths to 231-116 males and 115 females.

The deaths, which are 46 over the average number for the corresponding week of the last ten years, represent an annual rate of mortality of 34.7 in every 1,000 of the population. Omitting the deaths (numbering 6) of persons admitted into public institutions from localities outside the district, the rate was 33.8 per 1,000. During the forty-eight weeks of the current year, ending with Saturday, December 5, the death-rate averaged 25-6, and was 15 under the mean rate in the corresponding period of the ten years 1881-1890.

The number of deaths from zymotic diseases registered is 22, being equal to the average for the corresponding week of the last ten years, but 4 under the number for the week ended November 28. The 22 deaths comprise 3 from influenza (including 2 cases in which the disease was complicated with bronchitis), 2 from whooping-cough, 7 from enteric fever, 2 from diarrhoea, 2 from dysentery, and 3 from erysipelas.

Twenty-nine cases of enteric fever were admitted to hospital, being 9 over the admissions for the preceding week, 7 over the number for the week ended November 21, and 4 over that for the week ended November 14, but 9 under that for the week ended November 7. Thirty-four enteric fever patients were discharged, 5 died, and 149 remained under treatment on Saturday, being 10 under the number in hospital at the close of the preceding week.

The hospital admissions for the week include, also, 1 case of scarlatina

and 2 cases of typhus, but no cases of measles were received. Nine cases of measles, 6 of scarlatina, and 2 of typhus remained under treatment in hospital on Saturday.

Deaths from diseases of the respiratory system, which had fallen from 58 in the week ended November 21, to 55 in the following week, rose this week to 79, or 36 over the average for the 48th week of the last ten years The 79 deaths comprise 51 from bronchitis and 20 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 November, 1891.

Mean Height of Barometer,

Maximal Height of Barometer (on 5th, at 9 a.m.),

Minimal Height of Barometer (on 11th, at 7 30 a.m.) 28-524

39.4°.

Mean Dew-point Temperature,

Mean Elastic Force (Tension) of Aqueous Vapour, -
Mean Humidity,

Highest Temperature in Shade (on 18th)

.242 inch. 88.2 per cent.

57.8°.

31.4°.

Lowest Temperature in Shade (on 24th),
Lowest Temperature on Grass (Radiation) (on 24th), 25.0°.

Opening with a week of quiet, fine, dry anticyclonic weather, this month ultimately proved very cold and changeable. On the 11th a disastrous cyclone crossed England from S.W. to N.E., causing destructive gales from different quarters and downpours of rain in many places. After this date temperature remained low to the end of the month, with one or two passing exceptions, and rain fell frequently, though not as a rule, heavily.

There was an overwhelming preponderance of southwesterly wind during the month, but the sky-at least in Dublin-was often clear, and temperature ruled low.

In Dublin the arithmetical mean temperature (43.4°) was decidedly below the average (44.7°); the mean dry bulb readings at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. were 12.8°. In the twenty-six years ending with 1890, November was

coldest in 1878 (M. T. = 38.2°), and in 1870 (M. T.

42.2°), and

warmest in 1881 (M. T. = 50-3°). In 1886, the M. T. was as high as 46.4°; in the year 1879 (the "cold year"), it was 43.9°; in 1887, it was as low as 42.6°; in 1888, it was as high as 47.5°; in 1889, it was 46-4°; and in 1890, it was 45·3°.

The mean height of the barometer was 29-782 inches, or 0.078 inch below the corrected average value for November-namely, 29.860 inches. The mercury rose to 30-693 inches at 9 a.m. of the 5th, and fell to 28-524 inches at 7 30 a.m. of the 11th. The observed range of atmospherical pressure was, therefore, 2.169 inches-that is, nearly two inches and two-tenths.

The mean temperature deduced from daily readings of the dry bulb thermometer at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. was 42.8°, or 5.4° below the value for October, and 13-6° below that for September, 1891. The arithmetical mean of the maximal and minimal readings was 43.4°, compared with a twenty-five years' average of 44·7°. On the 18th the thermometer in the screen rose to 57.8°-wind, S.W.; on the 24th the temperature fell to 31.4°—wind, W.N.W. The minimum on the grass was 25.0° also on the 24th.

The rainfall was 2-911 inches, distributed over 15 days-the rainfall was above, while the rainy days were below, the average. The average rainfall for November in the twenty-five years, 1865-89, inclusive, was 2-452 inches, and the average number of rainy days was 17.0. In 1876 the rainfall in November was large-3-614 inches on 20 days; in 1872, also, 3.414 inches fell on 24 days; in 1887, 3012 inches fell on 18 days; in 1888, 6-549 inches fell on 26 days; and in 1890, 4-212 inches fell on no less than 27 days. On the other hand, the rainfall in 1889 was only ⚫929 inch on 9 days; in 1870, only 1.218 inches were measured on but 11 days, and in 1879 only 1.251 inches on but 10 days. High winds were noted on 9 days, and attained the force of a gale on 3 occasions-the 11th, 12th, and 28th. The atmosphere was more or less foggy in Dublin on the 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 24th and 25th. Sleet fell on the 26th.

The period ended Saturday, the 7th, proved to be a very uneventful week of quiet, fine, mild, but often dull weather, with easterly winds until Friday, when a shift to the westward took place. During the entire period an anticyclone lay over the British Islands. At first the centre of this system was found over the North Sea to the northeastward of Scotland-at 8 a.m. of Sunday the barometer was as high as 30.73 inches at Aberdeen. After Wednesday, the high pressure system moved southwards, so that the easterly winds died down, giving place to calms and dull weather in Ireland and England, and to westerly winds in Norway and Scotland. On Friday, the westerly current made still greater way southwards, and on Saturday Ireland came well within the