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house, had been such a short time in that institution as to preclude the idea
that fever originated therein; and as the period of incubation of fever is about
eight, nine, or ten days, the patients had the disease before admission.
Meteorology of Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis, during the Quarter, has been 6.73 inches. Of the 6.73 inches
of rain which fell during this Quarter, 1.24 inches fell in the week ended
October 27th, 1.12 inches in that ended November 24th, and 1.07 in the
following week. Thus, more than the half of the rain which fell in the
entire quarter fell in three weeks. One inch deep of rain-fall on an acre
weighs (allowing 10-lbs. to a gallon, which is the weight of a gallon
of distilled water") nearly 101 tons. During the corresponding Quarter of
last year the rain-fall was 10.28 inches. The mean temperature of the
air was 45.0°. In the corresponding Quarter of last year it was 47.2°.
The coldest days during the Quarter were Thursday, the 18th October,
Friday, the 28th December, and Tuesday, the 25th December, when the
thermometer indicated respectively 28.2°, 28.7°, and 28.9°. The coldest
day during the corresponding Quarter of last year was on Friday, the 10th
November, when the thermometer indicated 25.5".
Table of "Weekly Mortality, &c., in London and in the
"Whitechapel District.