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any person—and particularly of one very young or very aged—
from such diseases as pneumonia, bronchitis, &c., when
there has been no medical attendance, raises a presumption
of neglect which would justify a verdict of "manslaughter,"
equally as in the case of the "peculiar people," who, whilst
treating their sick with care in other respects, refuse, on mistaken
conscientious grounds, to employ medical assistance,
and who, as a consequence of such refusal, have, on several
occasions, been found guilty of manslaughter.
The inquests on Kensington parishioners were in the
proportion of 7'2 per cent. of total deaths: the rate in the
Metropolis was 8.1 per cent.: in England and Wales it was 5.8
per cent.; the relative percentages in the preceding year
having been 6.6, 6.8, and 5.7.
The reported deaths from different forms of violence
were equal to 27 per cent. of the deaths from all causes in
Kensington, the proportion in the Metropolis being 3.7 per
cent., and in England and Wales, 3.3 per cent. These deaths
were equivalent to 0.47 per 1000 population in Kensington,
0.80 in the metropolis, and 0 63 in England and Wales.
METEOROLOGY.
The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich in 1893,
was 51.1° Fahrenheit: 2.5 above the average of 122 years,
and 1.9 above the average of 52 years. The means in the four
quarters respectively were 40.9, 57.0, 61.9, and 44.6. The
highest reading by day (95.l) was registered in the week
ended August 19th, and the lowest reading by night (13.9) in
the week ended January 7th. The mean of the highest
weekly readings of the thermometer in the four quarters
respectively (49 3, 65 9, 73 6, and 55.0) was recorded in the
weeks ended April 1st, June 17th, August 19th, and October