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The inquests on Kensington parishioners were in the
proportion of 8.2 per cent. on total deaths, the rate in the
Metropolis being 9.1. In England and Wales the rate was 6.2
per cent. The relative percentages in 1895 were 8.1, 8.6, and
6.0, respectively.
The registered deaths from violence were equal to 3.5 per
cent. on total deaths in Kensington, the proportion in the
Metropolis being 3.9 per cent.: and in England and Wales 3.5 per
cent. These deaths were equal to 0.59 per 1.000 population
in Kensington, 0.77 per 1,000 in London, as a whole, and 0.60
per 1,000 in England and Wales.
METEOROLOGY.
The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich in 1896,
was 50o.l Fahrenheit; 1.6 above the average of 125 years, and
0.9 above the average of 55 years. The means in the four
quarters respectively were 42.2, 55.6, 60.4, and 42.4. The
highest reading by day (91.1) was registered in the week
ended July 18, and the lowest reading by night (24.3) in the
week ended February 29. The hottest week was that which
ended July 11 (mean temperature 68.3), and the coldest week
was that which ended December 19 (mean temperature 34.6).
July was the hottest month (mean temperature 65.2. December
was the coldest month (mean temperature 40.2). June
exhibited the greatest range in temperature (46.9); viz., from
86.7 to 39.8; and November the smallest range (viz. 24.4), from
50.9 to 26.5. Rain fell on 161 day9, the total amount
registered in the year being 22.42 inches, and 2.56 inches less
than the average of 81 years. Most rain fell in September
(5.54 inches) and least in May (0.27 inch). The means of the
readings of the barometer were 29.847 inches ; the means of
January (30.173) and of October (29.557) being the highest
and the lowest, respcctively. The relative proportion of wind
was, North 99, East 65, South 85, and West 117. Sunshine
was registered during 1,018 hours only—the shortest duration
in the eleven years 1886-96. June and July were the most