METEOROLOGICAL TABLE No. 1. A General Abstract of the Meteorological Observations made at Philadelphia, Pa., during the year 1875. By JAMES A. KIRKPATRICK, A.M. Latitude 390 57' N. Longitude 75° 11′ W. from Greenwich. Thermometer. Means. Barometer fount 55 feet above mean tide in the Delaware River. Monthly. No. of days it fell. Amount or less covered. More than covered. January, 45 2 6.26 26.45 32.26 29.64 29.45 13 3.16 8 March, April, May, February, 58 4 8.46 25.36 33.73 29.61 29.57 10 63 18 5.76 34.44 42.07 39.17 38.56 74 25 6.58 89 43 5.01 2.35 14 June, 97 58 4.42 69.93 81.23 73.98 75.05 14 4.48 13 July, 94 64 3.76 August, 87 61 2.76 September, 91 49 3.77 October, 76 37 6.03 52.14 63.40 55.92 57.15 9 1.65 12 November, 64 15 6.00 December, 65 12 5.58 2297 24 days inches days days p. c. p. c. p. c. p. et. p. c. p. c. p. c. p. c. p. c. p.ct. 7167.2 56 58.9 90 42 70 61 Annual max min means, 97 2 total total sum sum max min 5.37 50.11 58.78 53.81 54.23 135 42.84 107 258 61 62 47 69 44 59.4 89 18 70 52 66 62.7 56 56 39 50.4 93 23 69 51 65 61.7 5.46 50.18 59.75 53.61 54.51 Means for max min 24 years, 101-9 an'ual, an'ual an'ual an'ual 125 46.89 The thermometer was highest, 970, on the 25th and 26th of June. "" 20, lowest, 10th of January. The warmest day was June 26th. Mean temperature 898.67. Feb. 9th. max min 110 255 5061 46 55. 100 11 74 56 70 66.6 TABLE No. 1—Continued.—A General Abstract of the Meteorological Observations made at Philadelphia during the year 1875. Means. inch inch inch inch inch inch direction from times inches inches inch inches .097 inches inches inches July, .874 .284 .603 .613 .649 .622 S. 52 49 W. 238 30.190 29.562 .103 29.948 August, .819 .344 .625 .616 .659 .633 S. 25 1 E. 105 30.254 29.657 .065 29.988 September, .846 .198 .437 .434 .458 .188 29.959 The barometer was highest, 30.697, on the 1st of January. The greatest mean daily pressure was 30.603 on the 22d of November. 66 least "20th of February. "29.418" 64 20th of February. Maximum. Minimum. Mean daily range. 7 A. M. 2 P. M. 9 P. M. Monthly. 1875. January METEOROLOGICAL TABLE No. 2. Great or sudden changes in Temperature at Philadelphia, Pa. 9. Thermometer fell from 37° at 2 P. M. to 13° at 9 P. M. same day. Change 24° The mean temperature was below 32° on January 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27. February 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1 day. MORTUARY TABLE No. 5. Record of Causes of Death in the City of Philadelphia, from January 1, 1875, to January 1, 1876. (Abridged from the Tables of Dr. William H. Ford, Secretary of the Board of Health.) 18,908, 9715 9193 5366 4854 5131 1465 1878 8688 10,220 1020 14,628 3570 710 18,857 9686 9171 5350 4845,5111 1463 1876 8662, 10,195 1013 14,592 3558 707 4,463 2157 2306 1810 1874 1135 624 1123 779 3,681 154 4,027 378 58 1 1 16 7 19 2 3 61 17 43 22 13 2 2 1 15 15 1... 2,614 1427 1187 860 729 830 319 291 1025 1,589 124 2,158 386 70 སེཏྠཱ་ སྦྱོཙ ་ ག 811 392 419 57 85 23 2 17 669 142 526 231 54 1,941 1026 915 482 443 416 215 172 1016" 925 135 1,405 483 53 173 203 58 46 656 398 39 7 33 289 88 21 .. གསོ 100 17 1 1,260 92 1,260 35 2 1 27 10 27 21 15 48S 571 73 50 14 42 355 197 16 27 5 68 65 3 30 30 8 1 For want of definite information, some causes of death are placed under this order that properly belong under Order No. 4. 1 Order 2 comprises violent deaths in battle, and is therefore omitted. CLASS II.-Constitutional diseases 3,863, 1939 1924 677 566 637 185 125 2620 1243 251 2,729 956,178 2,407 II.-ORDER 2. Tubercular diseases 3,315 1732 1583 635 530 627 181 Scrofula..... Tabes mesenterica. Phthisis pulmonalis.. Hydrocephalus... CLASS III.-Local diseases.. III-ORDER 1. Diseases of nervous system.. Cephalitis.. Myelitis.. Apoplexy Paralysis.. Insanity Chorea.. 9 3 92 2150 3 16 58 50 16 2080 43 23 15 14 13 4 6,913 3610 3303 1690 1490 1492 599 562 3733 1165 231 3180 392 5,118 1532 263 Convulsions.. 811 435 373 401 Shock.. 8 5 3 |