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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
Week
ending
Weight of
Air.
Barometer
corrected.
Mean
inches.
Temperature of Air.
Thermometer.
Prevailing
winds.
Rainy
days.
Amount
of rain
in
inches.
Mean of
Highest. Lowest. daily
readings.
June 27
29.912
76.5
49.4
61.2
W.
2
0.47
J uly 4
29.973
74.2
45.5
59.4
W.S.W.
0
0 .00
11
30.093
83.5
61.1
65.0
N.E.
0
0.00
18
30,029
86.0
42.5
61.0
N.E.
0
0.00
25
29.699
74.0
38.7
57.3
S.W.
3
0.88
AUGUST.
DISTRICTS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Blackheath
1
2
3
4
4
8
Lewisham
7
7
14
5
6
11
Union Workhouse
-
—
—
—
3
3
Sydenham
21
21
42
6
6
11
Penge
8
4
12
12
7
19
Total
37
34
71
27
25
62
Gentlemen,
During the four weeks included between Saturday the 25th July, and Saturday the
22nd August, 71 births and 52 deaths have been registered. The mortality is in excess
of the usual amount registered during this month, which increase is traceable to the
Penge ward, in which there has been a great increase in the number of deaths, 19
having been registered in this ward alone during the month.
The deaths from epidemic disease have been 16 in number, viz.: —
In Blackheath—
11th August, Malignant Scarlet fever, Munro's Cottages.
In Lewisham—
30th July, Diarrhoea, ltushey Green.
22nd ,, Diarrhoea, Rushey Green.
6th August, Diarrhoea, Grove Place.
19th ,, Diarrhoea, Hanover Street.
In Union Workhouse—
6th August, Typhus fever.
In Sydenham—
2nd August, Diarrhoea, Laurie Park.
12th ,, Diarrhoea, Railway Cottages.
17th „ Measles, Bell Green.
13th „ Scarlatina, Bell Green.
In Penge—
27th July, Scarlet fever, Penge Village.
9th August, Diarrhoea, Penge Village.
9th ,, Carbuncle, Fox Lane.
16th ,, Diarrhoea, Penge Village.
22nd ,, Scarlet fever, Lansdowne Place.
19th ,, Diarrhoea, Anerley.