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The temperature three feet below the ground varied from
40°.57 in the first week of March to 64°.62 in the second week
in August, compared with 40°.90 and 61°.64 in 1903. The
average temperature of the third quarter was 61° 45 compared
with 60°.18 in 1903. Although the duration of warm weather
was slightly below the average the intensity of the warmth was
decidedly above, and to this fact no doubt was mainly due the
excessive prevalence of summer diarrhoea.
The rainfall was 20 32 inches, compared with 20.16, 20 13,
and 35 33 in the three preceding years. The highest rainfall
was in the first quarter, 6 38 inches. The rainfall of the
summer quarter was 4.88 inches, compared with 12.32 inches
in 1903.
The lowest temperature of the air was 260.2 in the third week
of January, and the highest 91° 0 in the first week in August.
The largest number of deaths in one week—53—was registered
in the second week of August, i.e., the week succeeding
that which had the highest air temperature. The lowest
weekly number—19—was registered in the second week of
June.