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The week ending March loth was also rainless. Minimum temperature
36.0°; maximum, 55.0° ; mean, 47.6°. Winds, SSE. Sunshine registered
in Regent's Park 14.6 hours, as compared with 19'4 hours registered at
Greenwich out of a possible 80.8 hours. Mean barometer, 29.8 inches.
The week ending March 22nd was a little brighter. Minimum temperature,
37.0° ; maximum, 60.0° ; mean, 42.4°. Winds, WSW. On one day
rain fell, 0-26 inch. Sunshine registered in Eegent's Park 16 hours, as
against 25.3 hours registered at Greenwich out of a possible 84.1 hours,
Mean barometer, 296 inches.
The week ending March 29th was similar in weather to the preceding ;
minimum temperature 33.0; maximum 58.2;mean 46.6. On two days rain
fell 0.18 inch. Winds SW. and WSW. 16.6 hours of sunshine were
registered in Regent's Park, as compared with 22.6 hours at Greenwich out of
a possible 871 hours. Mean barometer 29.6 inches.
Health of the District.
The death-rate for the quarter has been above the
average ; this is due to mortality from small-pox, measles,
influenza, and chest affections.
The number of cases of small-pox from January to the
end of March amount to 87 ; of these 16, or 18-3 per cent.,
have proved fatal.
All the cases have been removed to hospital with great
promptitude. The curve opposite page 40 shows that the
course of the epidemic has been precisely that which was
predicted.
For the moment there is a lull, but the cases will
certainly increase towards the end of this month.
Births and Deaths.
During the five weeks ending March 29th, 1902, there have been registered
287 births and 310 deaths : equal to a birth-rate of 22.4 per thousand,
and a death-rate of 24.2 per thousand. The average death-rate for the
corresponding period was 22.5 per thousand.