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8,505.24
70,037.12
9.60
1860 ...
2412
3,200,800
3,544,800
6,745,600
61,654.80
2,327
8,694.24
72,674.04
10.20
1861 . . .
2430
3,150,600
3,447,500
6,608,100
60,521.79
2,346
9,369.85
72,237.74
10.40
1862. ..
2462
3,056,000
3,163,450
6,219,450
62,648.67
14,076
7,808.29
84,532.96
12.80
1863. . .
2348
3,048,700
3,395,000
6,443,700
68,337.11
18,768
7,808.29
94,913.40
14.00
1864. ..
2528
3,268,700
3,425,000
6,693,700
72,193,84
18,768
7,805.96
98,767.80
14.00
1865 ...
3000
3,349,200
4,032,800
7,382,000
90,336.05
36,660
8,188.95
135,195.00
17.50
1866. ..
3126
3,379,700
3,834,500
7,214,200
129,768.35
23,400
8,188.95
161,357.30
21.50
1867.
.
2893
3,906,600
4,054,100
7,960,700
116,173.30
39,000
9,826.70
165,000.00
20.00
1868. . .
3388
3,743,800
3,479,800
7,223,600
110,160.78
15,600
9,417.30
135,195.08
17.80
1869 ...
3242
3,858,000
3,569,700
7,427,700
119,502.67
19,500
8,188.95
144,639.22
18.60
"The assessors' overlays are included in these amounts.
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TABULAR STATEMENT.
Amount of
TABULAR STATEMENT .- CONTINUED.
Year.
Number of Polls.
Valuation of Real Estate.
Valuation of Personal Estate.
Total Valuation.
Amount of City Tax .*
Amount Amount of State Tax County Tax
Total Tax.
Taxation per $1,000.00
1870. . .
2907
4,018,701
3,682,545
7,701,246
127,431.72
19,500
9,826.70
156,758.42
19,60
1871. . .
3218
4,057,500
3,034,257
7,091,757
104,051.74
19,500
9,826.70
133,378.44
17,90
1872 ...
3292
4,243,950
3,068,700
7,312,650
123,154.65
11,960
8,215.90
143,330.55
18,70
1873. . .
3190
4,515,400
3,057,140
7,572,540
139,188.92
13,455
8,215,90
160,859.82
20,40
1874. ..
3208
4,763,700
3,120,407
7,884,107
136,038.13
11,960
8,215,90
156,214.03
19,00
1875. ..
3383
4,904,075
3,140,838
7,044,913
139,443.45
11,960
8,215,90
159,619.35
19,00
1876. . .
3356
4,788,450
2,937,167
7,725,617
136,042.87
7,866
6,499,50
150,408.38
18,60
1877. . .
3223
4,832,700
2,812,284
7,644,984
115,911.24
6,555
6,499,50
128,965.74
16,00
1878. . .
3408
4,799,250
2,778,962
7,578,212
122,383.30
4,370
7,892,30
135,645.60
17,00
1879. ..
3299
4,766,700
2,642,888
7,409,588
111,070.40
2,185
7,135,54 |120,390.94
15,50
1880. . .
3384
4,815,800
2,650,877
7,466,677
109,557.63
6,555
7,135,54
123,248.17
15,60
1881. . .
3456
4,849,050
2,686,406
7,535,456
123,809.80
6,555
7,135,54
136,499.84
17,20
1882. . .
3343
5,002,550
2,415,148
7,417,698
128,779.64
8,740
7,135,54
144,655.18
18,60
1883. ..
3462
5,074,850
2,443,258
7,518,108
119,580.59
7,080
9,442,86
136,103.45
17,20
1884. ..
3467
5,162,750
2,385,771
7,548,521
125,336.22
9,440
9,442,86
144,219.08
18,20
*The assessors' overlays are included in these amounts.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
1884.
REPORT.
To the City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN-The Overseers of the Poor, to whom is committed a general oversight of the poor of the city in all of its departments, would respectfully submit their sixth annual report :
GENERAL STATEMENT.
The total cost of the poor department for the year ending Nov. 30, 1884, has been $18,427.26, and the amount reimbursed by the State and other cities and towns was $3,268.05, thus showing the net cost to have been $15,159.21, which is $1,129.21 above the appropriation. Of this overdraft $765.53 has been paid for the support of the insane more than last year, leaving a balance of $393.68 overdrawn by the departmnet in the actual support of the poor and needy of our city.
DETAILED STATEMENT.
There has been expended :
For support of poor in the Alms House $4,732 50
" salaries 2,335 88
" insane 3,229 77
" criminals 76 43
" poor residing in other cities and towns 1,001 67
" out door relief. 7,051 01
Total cost of the year 1884. $18,427 26
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
ALMS-HOUSE.
The almshouse continues under the care of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lunt and their management has given good satisfaction to the board, one or more of whom has visited the house every week throughout the year. The board would again earnestly call the attention of the City Council to the necessity of providing a new almshouse with a wing attached, where the mild cases of insanity can be taken care of instead of being compelled to support them in more costly asylums for want of a suitable place to put them at a much less expense.
An average number of 44 persons have resided in the almshouse during the past year, at a weekly cost of $2.06 each. Three of our number have died, and no births have occurred.
INSANE.
At the close of the last year there were fourteen persons in the insane asylum whose board and clothing were paid for by the city. At the present time there are eighteen, viz : Ipswich, 10; Dan- vers, 8. The board would respectfully call the attention of the City Council to the alarming increase of insanity in our city. We are informed by Hon. John N. Pike, judge of the police court, that he has furnished permits to thirty-two persons the past year to be cared for in Danvers or Ipswich asylums, a large proportion of of which must be cared for at the expense of the city. Quite a number now in Ipswich and a few in Danvers Asylum, could be provided for in our almshouse if suitable provision was made for their comfort and safety.
We are informed by S. C. Wrightington, superintendent of the State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity, that insanity is largely on the increase throughout the state. The removal of the harmless insane from the asylum to the alms house is now being considered by the overseers of the poor in all of the large cities and towns throughout the state. We beg leave to quote the action of the city of Brockton. Their annual report states :
"The expenditures for the support of the insane poor have de- creased considerably during the past year, owing partly to the re- moval of a number of this class of paupers from the Taunton asy- lum to the city almshouse. The almshouse was built just a year
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ago, one of the arguments for its ercction was that thereby the in- sane poor of Brockton could be cared for at home at much less cost than in a regular insane asylum, and the truth of this argument has been amply proved by the results achieved during the past six months. In 1878 it cost $900.00 to support the insane poor of Brockton. In 1883 this amount had increased to $2,100. When the new alms house was completed special arrangements were made for the accommodation of the insane. During the past year ten in- sane persons have been received from the Taunton asylum. After a stay of several months in the Brockton almshouse,* two of these were allowed to go to their homes. Those left there seem well pleased with their surroundings and are certainly as comfortably cared for as formerly, if not better. The cost of supporting the insane at the asylum is $3.50 per week, each. It has cost at the city almshouse $1.37 only, each, which is a saving of $17.00 per week for the eight insane 'persons, and $875.00 per year."
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL.
The board would recommend the appropriation of $300 to pro- vide a free bed at the hospital, where cases requiring great care and attention can be provided with skillful and careful nursing. By providing a free bed the city would be entitled to its occupancy for twelve months by one person.
OUTSIDE RELIEF.
Outside relief which last year was granted to 224 families com- prising 504 persons, this present year of 1884 has been granted co 181 families comprising 417 persons having a settlement in New- buryport, 29 families of 83 persons, having settlements in other cities and towns, 16 families of 66 persons having no settlement in the commonwealth, making a total of 526 assisted at a cost of $7,051.01, a small increased expense of $537.30 over last year.
Ninety-one new histories have been taken during the past year, and many worthy persons relieved who have never before applied for as-
*The city of Brockton has a large farm from which was sold the last twelve months $2,000 worth of milk. The total sales of the farm were $3,677.96, which was carried to the credit of the almshouse, thereby reducing their net expense to $1.37 per capita.
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sistance. In addition to the above 120 persons have resided in the almshouse, during a portion of the year, against 95 last year. Twenty males have been provided with lodging over one night, making a total of 705 assisted by the city this year, against 605 last year, an increase of 100.
Fifty persons have been sent out of the city during the year, at an expense of $54.65 ; 19 persons have been buried at the expense of the city at a cost of $231.25-$39.80 of which has been col- lected from state and other towns. Forty-six persons have been supplied with medicine at a cost of $125.48, of which $25.70 will be collected from other cities and from the state.
CITY PHYSICIAN'S REPORT.
The care of the sick residing in the alms house, and throughout the city at large, has been under the care of Dr. E. P. Hurd, who states in his report to the board that he has attended to more persons who are under the care of the poor department, than ever before. Many cases of consumption, cancer and other incurable diseases being at- tended and cared for :-
Number of visits to the Almshouse 289
1 66 poor families 730
Office visits to poor persons. 280
Confinements among the poor. 4
Total number 1303
against 826 visits during 1883.
DETAILED REPORTS.
FIRST QUARTER-156 families aided.
With cash alone 18 families.
" groceries alone 2 66
fuel alone 56 66
66 fuel and cash. 24
" fuel and groceries. 51
66 fuel, cash and groceries 4
66 cash and groceries 1
156 66
Amount distributed to the above, 33 1-16 cords wood, 122 tons coal, $478.25 in cash, $449.85 in groceries.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
SECOND QUARTER-156 families aided.
With cash alone. 16 families.
groceries alone 1
66 fuel alone .47
66
fuel and cash. 28
fuel and groceries. 60
3
66
fuel, cash and groceries
cash and groceries 1
156 66
Amount distributed to the above : 30 cords wood, 105 tons coal, $483.75 in cash, $511.75 in groceries.
THIRD QUARTER-134 families aided.
With cash alone. 23
familes.
.. groceries 6
fuel alone. 32
66
66 fuel and cash 19
66
66 fuel, cash and groceries
2
66
66 cash and groceries 1
134 :
Amount distributed to the above : 14 5-16 cords wood, 44 3-4 tons coal, $482.50 cash, $447.25 in groceries.
FOURTH QUARTER-146 families aided.
With cash alone 16 families.
groceries alone 3
66
66 fuel alone 51
fuel and cash 26
66 fuel and groceries 47
66
66 fuel, cash and groceries
2
66
66 cash and groceries 1
146 66
Amount distributed to the above, 21 1-2 cords wood, 78 1-4 tons coal, $167.50 cash, $443.00 in groceries.
PRODUCT OF CITY FARM.
The products of the city farm during the last season were 40 tons of hay, 600 bushels of potatoes, 35 bushels onions, 75 bushels of beets, 50 bushels carrots, 10 bushels green peas, 1,000 cabbages,
fuel and groceries 51
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
3,000 lbs. squashes, with sufficient green corn, string beans, toma- toes and cucumbers to supply the almshouse during the season. All the labor upon the farm has been performed by the inmates of the house, under the direction of Mr. Lyman W. Lord, who has proved himself to be an able and efficient man.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES NOYES, Overseers L. W. SARGENT, of PHILIP B. CURTIS, the Poor.
Newburyport, Nov. 30, 1884.
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REPORT ON DEXTER AND ATWOOD FUNDS.
DEXTER AND ATWOOD FUNDS.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN-The board of Overseers of the Poor, to whom is entrusted the distribution of the income accruing from these funds, would respectfully report that the income from the Dexter fund for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884, amounting to $90.00, has been divided among the three overseers, giving $30.00 to each.
The income from the Atwood fund $293.50 has been divided, giving $97.50 to each overseer, and has been distributed according to the will of the donors in the following manner : In wards 1 and 2, the $30 of the Dexter fund with $30 remaining on hand at the close of last year-$60, has been distributed among 13 persons in sums from $1 to $5 each, leaving $30 on hand at the close of the year. In wards 3 and 4, the $30 of the Dexter fund with $12 re- maining at the close of last year, making $42, has been wholly ex- pended among 15 persons in sums from one to five dollars each, leaving nothing of this fund on hand at the close of the year. In wards 5 and 6 the $30 of the Dexter fund with $2 remaining over from last year, has been distributed wholly among 15 persons in sums from $1 to $2 each, leaving nothing in his hands at the close of the year. In wards 1 and 2 the $97.50 of the Atwood fund, with the balance of last year, $74.29-makes $171.79-$109.30 of which has been distributed among 55 persons, leaving a balance of $62.49 of this fund in the hands of the overseer at the close of the year. In wards 3 and 4 the $97.50 of the Atwood fund, and with the balance of last year $181.55, makes $279.05; $76.00 of which has been distributed among 22 persons, in sums from one to six dollars each, leaving a balance of this fund on hand of $203.05. In wards 5 and 6 the $97.50 of the Atwood fund with $30.50 bal- ance of last year, makes $128.00 ; $70.00 of which has been given among 29 persons in sums from one to four dollars each, leaving a balance of $58.00 of this fund on hand.
At the close of the year, there remained in the Overseers' hands :
Dexter Fund. $30 00
Atwood Fund.
Wards one and two.
$62 49
three and four
203 05
· five and six
58 00
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REPORT ON DEXTER AND ATWOOD FUNDS.
The individual names of the recipients of these funds, are on file in the office of the Overseers of the Poor, subject to inspection.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES NOYES, Overseers L. W. SARGENT, of PHILIP B. CURTIS, Poor.
Newburyport, Dec. 31, 1884.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
1884.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
E. P. HURD, M. D., CHAIRMAN. AMOS H. GEARY. WILLARD J. HALE.
GEORGE H. STEVENS, SECRETARY. J. M. TAPPAN, AGENT.
1
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN :- The following is a statement of the credits and expenditures of this board for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884 : Appropriation Board of Health, 1884 $400 00
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries of agent, clerk and sup't of burial ground .. .$200 00
Paid for meteorological observation balls and instruments, for 1883 187 10
Incidentals, burying dead animals, etc. 25 50 412 60
Overdrawn
$12 60
Cost of removing house offal, rubbish, etc., charged to Health Department, but in no way controlled by the board :
January. Pay of laborers
$54 60
February.
66
42 15
March. 66
43 18
April.
66
73 28
May.
78 75
June.
122 48
July. 66
139 20
August. 66
106 50
September. 66
116 25
October. .€
50
November. 66
80 85
December. 66
81 90
Paid for teams, extra, Oct., Nov. and Dec.
30 00 -- 1,078 14
Total
$1,491 24
It will be seen that the larger part of these expenditures, debited to the board, the board is in no manner responsible. It is indeed a problem for your honorable body to consider, whether a more eco-
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nomical mode of removing house offal, ashes, etc., may not be de- vised than that which has been in operation the past year and con- cerning the details we have never been consulted. As to the utility of such services rendered to citizens, there has never been any question.
OFFICERS.
J. M. Tappan has continued to serve the board as agent. During his term of service he has made 250 visits in response to complaints of nuisances. George H. Stevens was in January, re-appointed as secretary.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
We would congratulate the citizens of Newburyport on another year of freedom from epidemic diseases. According to the state law, citizens and especially physicians, are obliged to report to the local board of health any facts within their knowledge going to show that there are existing within the precincts of the town or city any case or number of cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever, small pox, or any other zymotic and contagious disease. This statute, only ad- vertised by this board when enacted, has been in a few instances complied with by physicians ; sickness, however, from such zymotic causes has been very infrequent, and the mortality almost nil. The propriety of a rigid enforcement of the state law above referred to, neglect of compliance with which is attended with a penalty, must be obvious to everybody who realizes the desirability of prompt meas- ures being taken to arrest the spread of epidemicdiseases. All cases of contagious diseases must be at once reported to the secretary of the board of health, and as far as possible, isolation of the sick must be secured. All children of these families must be withdrawn from school, and after termination of the disease, all bedding, clothing, etc., must be disinfected and the houses thoroughly fumigated. These sanitary rules are dictated alike by experience and enlight- ened views as to the causation of epidemics. The full text of the statute is as follows :
AN ACT CONCERNING CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. When a householder knows that a person within his family is sick of small pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease dangerous
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to the public health, he shall immediately give notice thereof to the selectmen or board of health in the town in which he dwells, and upon the death, re- covery or removal of such persons, the rooms occupied and the articles used by him shall be disinfected by such householder in a manner approved by the board of health. Any person neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the above provisions shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
SECT. 2. When a physician knows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with small pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease dan- gerous to the public health, he shall immediately give notice to the selectmen or board of health of the town; and if he refuses or neglects to give such notice he shall forfeit for each offence not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
SECT. 3. The boards of health in the several cities and towns shall cause a record to be kept of all reports received in pursuance of the preceding sec- tions and such record shall contain the names of all persons who are sick, the localities in which they live, the diseases with which they are affected, to- gether with the date and the names of the persons reporting any such cases. The boards of health shall give the school committee immediate information of all cases of contagious diseases reported to them according to the pro- visions of this act.
SECT. 4. The secretary of the commonwealth shall furnish the boards of health with blank books for the record of cases of contagious diseases as above provided.
SECT. 5. Sections seventy-eight and seventy-nine of chapter eighty of the Public Statutes are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 21, 1884.
PRIVIES AND PRIVY VAULTS.
Of all the influences detrimental to the health of a city, filthy privy nuisances are unquestionably the greatest. The greater part of the nuisances corrected by the board during the past year have been of this nature. The board has licensed two parties, Jere Cashman of Newburyport and Charles M. Lunt of Oldtown, to re- move night soil by the odorless process, a method which has for several years past been adopted to the satisfaction of citizens. During the summer months no privy vault could be cleaned, or con- tents hauled away except during the hours of night, or between 10 p. m. and 6 a. m.
SEWERAGE.
Nothing has been done with regard to sewerage, although the necessity of sewers is every year becoming greater. The board would recommend that as soon as practicable the attention of the
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city government be directed to this important sanitary question. At the close of this report will be found the mortuary record for the year just ended.
E. P. HURD, BOARD
AMOS H. GEARY, OF
WILLARD J. HALE, HEALTH.
CITY PHYSICIAN'S REPORT.
Visits made to poor people outside of Almshouse for the year ending November 30th, 1884. 730
Office visits from pauper patients 280
Visits made to Almshouse. 289
Total 1,299
Besides the above there were four cases of obstetrics, and some twenty visits to the police station.
E. P. HURD, M. D.,
City Physician.
NEWBURYPORT, December 30, 1884.
STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF DEATHS IN NEWBURYPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1884.
CAUSES OF DEATHI.
Males .
Females .
Total. .
January.
February . . . .
March. .
April .
June.
July .
August.
September. .
October.
November ...
December. ...
Under 1. year.
1 to 2 years ..
2 to 5 years ..
5 to 10 years.
10 to 15 years
15 to 10 years
20 to 30 years
30 to 40 years
40 to 50 years
50 to 60 years
60 to 70 years
70 to 80 years
80 to 90 years
90 to 100 yrs.
ASS I .- Zymotic Diseases :
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Scarlet Fever.
1
3
4
1
2
1
1
2
1
Typhoid Fever .
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
Whooping Cough
1
1
1
1
ASS II .- Constitutional :
26
30
56
6
6
4
6
5
4
.3
3
6
3
1
2
1 9|18 10 2
6
1 1 ..
Caneer.
5
9
14
2
2
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
4 2
1 ..
Dropsy.
1
6
7
1
1
1
3
1
1
Hydrocephalus
1
1
1
1
Rheumatism.
2
2
1
1
1
1
Inanition .
3
1
4
1
2
1
Cerebral Anemia .
2
2
1
1
1
Pernicious Anemia
1
1
1
1
Serofula.
1
1
1
1
Marasmus
1
1
1
1
Gangrene
1
1
1
ASS III .- Loeal Diseases :
4
2
1
2
1
1
1.
1 1 3
Disease of Brain.
4
4
8
1
1
3
1
1
1
2 1
1
1
1
1
Bright's Disease.
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Abseess of Kidney.
1
1
1
1
Diarrhea
2
2
1
1
1
1
Convulsions
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Diabetis
1
1
1
1
Bronchitis
2
2
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
Congestion of Lungs
1
1
1
2
B
2
4
9 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Brain Fever
3
1
1
1
2
2
1 1
Meningitis, Cerebro Spinal.
4
2
1
4
1
1
1
Tubercular
2
2
1
1
1
Metritis
10
10
20
1
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
3 4 6.
Paralysis
8
4
12
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
1 4 3 4
Pneumonia.
5
4
9
3
1
1
2
3
Peretonitis
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Softening of Brain
3
2
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
2 1.
Gastritis
2
2
4
1
1
2
Tumor
1
1
1
Insanity
1
1
2
1
2
Lung Fever
1
1
1
1
1
1 ..
Jaundice, Black
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
ASS IV .- Developmental Diseases :
3
4
7
2
1
1
1
1
1
7
Ok Age.
8
16
1
3
1
3
2
3
2
3
4
2
. 2 9 10 2
Premature Birth
5
5
1
1
1
2
5
Teething
1
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1.
2
2
1
1
1
2
10
ASS V .- Violent Deaths :
3
1
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
Instrumental Delivery
3
3
1
·
.
1
1
1
1
Hemorrhage from Funis.
1
1
1
. . .
140 139 279
23
24
28
21
.20
22
23
19
35
20
19
25
54 7 10 10 6 18 24 24 15 24 37 28 20 2
4
1
Cholera Infantum.
5
6
11
Billious Colie .
1
Cholera Morbus
4
7
21
1
1
1
1 3
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Stoppage .
1
1
Lockjaw . .
1
Disease of Liver.
2
2
Septicemia
1
1
Still born
7
3
10
1
.
.
Suieidle ..
2
2
.
1
1
Cyanosis
1
Congenital Malformation
.
1
Accidental .
-
1
1
3
1
1
2
Apoplexy.
6
1 1
.
5
Consumption
2 2
1
1
2 ..
.
1
.
1
3
Heart Disease
1
Congenital Debility
24
.
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Diphtheria
TOTALS
May
REPORT ON THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1884.
To the Board of Health:
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to submit herewith the fifth an- nual report on the meteorological observations for the year 1884, giving also for the sake of comparison, a retrospect of those of the preceding four years, with each respective division.
PRESSURE (BAROMETER.) TABLE I.
Mean
Max.
Min.
Monthly Range.
Mean Daily Range
January
30.074
30.782
29.113
1.669 .
187
February
30.053
. 722
29.062
1.660
.230
March.
29.982
.422
.459
.963
.176
April.
.29.797
.166
.172
.994
.13
May.
.29.914
. 295
.466
.829
.098
June.
30.068
.547
.731
.816
.118
July.
29.807
.053
.528
.525
079
August
30.040
.291
.719
.572
.080
September.
30.063
.459
.694
. 765
.125
October.
30.082
. 569
. 618
.951
.149
November
30.021
.467
.332
1.135
.219
December
30.110
. 772
.409
1.163
.177
Mean
30.001
30.462
29.442
1.020
.148
The annual mean pressure was 30.001 inches, which is somewhat lower than that of the past five years, viz : 30.005 inches. The maximum pressure was 30.782 inches on January 27; the mini- mum 29.062 inches on February 28. Annual range 1.720 inch. The monthly variations were from 0.009 to 0.690 inches, and the
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mean daily variation from 0.079 to 0.230 inches. The largest daily ranges occur generally in winter ; thenceforth they decrease as the monthly mean temperature increases, the minimum range coinciding with the maximum temperature. This is well shown by the average for the past, five years ;
MAXIMUM DAILY RANGE. TABLE II.
1880.
1881.
1882
1883.
1884.
Mean.
January
.0.680
.466
.926
.672
.6×0
.686
February.
.0.847
.797
.69S
.810
.452
.680
March.
0.521
.634
.689
,810
.452
.621
April.
.0.419
.267
.498
.411
.415
.402
May.
0.317
.230
.372
.258
.241
.283
June
. 0.252
.230
.209
.202
.379
.254
July.
0.136
.340
.187
.256
.203
.224
August.
).255
.206
.253
.235
.294
.248
September.
0.213
.165
.460
.553
.326
October
0.402
.376
.289
.612
.309
.397
November.
0.635
.619
.426
.451
.601
.546
December.
0.480
.580
.877
.792
.6.25
.670
TEMPERATURE.
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