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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS - (Continued).

JULY. - Barometer (Mean), 29.571", higher by 0.062". Range, 0.958".

Thermometer (Mean), 58.66°, higher by 1.4°.

Humidity, 77 (average).

Rain fell on 13 days; depth in inches, 2.90, less by 0.26.

Hours of Sunshine, 104, less by 100.

Wind, [Table inserted]

AUGUST. - Barometer (Mean), 29.637", higher by 0.133". Range, 1.192".

Thermometer (Mean), 60.4°, higher by 3.7°.

Humidity, 79, greater by 5.

Rain fell on 18 days; depth in inches, 4.17, greater by 0.72.

Hours of Sunshine, 125, less by 53.

Wind, [Table inserted]

SEPTEMBER. - Barometer (Mean), 29.420", lower by 0.107". Range, 1.450".

Thermometer (Mean), 53.3°, higher by 0.5°

Humidity, 79, less by 8

Rain fell on 11 days; depth in inches, 1.15, less by 2.47.

Hours of Sunshine, 102, less by 41.

Wind, [Table inserted]

OCTOBER. - Barometer (Mean), 29.389", lower by 0.071". Range, 1.376".

Thermometer (Mean), 48.0°, higher by 1.3°.

Humidity, 81, less by 6.

Rain fell on 14 days; depth in inches, 2.52, less by 1.49.

Hours of Sunshine, 85, less by 22.

Wind, [Table inserted]

NOVEMBER. - Barometer (Mean), 29.632", higher by 0.183". Range, 2.016".

Thermometer (Mean), 38.9°, lower by 1.6°.

Humidity, 78, less by 11.

Rain fell on 11 days; depth in inches, 2.88, less by 1.00

Hours of Sunshine, 64, less by 10.

Wind, [Table inserted]

DECEMBER. - Barometer (Mean), 29.369" (average). Range, 2.112".

Thermometer (Mean), 40.0°, higher by 2.2°.

Humidity, 81, less by 7.

Rain fell on 23 days; depth in inches, 4.06 (average).

Hours of Sunshine, 34, less by 24.

Wind, [Table inserted]

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County of Perth.

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT BY COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICER,
1893.

During 1893 the improvement in the general sanitation condition of the County
of Perth, noted in previous Annual Reports, has been well maintained. The
Death-rate for the year was greater than in 1892 by .67 per thousand; but, as
the cause of death in more than half of the excess was accounted for by old age,
the increased mortality can scarcely be attributed to preventable causes.
Much valuable work has been accomplished, or well begun, under the District
Committees of the County, including the provision of water supplies and drainage for
villages, the supervision of burying-grounds, the registration of slaughter-houses, and
the constant struggle with infectious disease. Under the various Districts these
matters have been fully gone into, so that it is needless to do more than refer to their
Reports for information regarding the proceedings of the year.
Rivers Pollution Prevention Act. - During 1893, in consequence of the
action of the County Finance Committee in directing the attention of the Perth,
Highland, and Eastern District Committees to pollution caused by certain Burghs
and Villages, vigorous measures have been taken by these Committees to apply a
remedy where the power to do so lay with them, or to see that it was applied when
the cause of pollution lay within the jurisdiction of an independent authority. In the
Perth District the pollution caused by Stanley and by Scone was specially considered.
In so far as Scone is concerned, the purification of its sewage before discharge
into the stream has been satisfactorily settled, and the works necessary have been
authorised. Stanley, owing to peculiar circumstances, has not yet been dealt
with. The question is still under the consideration of the District Committee,
and a Report by a Civil Engineer is to be laid before the next Quarterly Meeting.
In the Highland District the pollution of the Tay caused by Aberfeldy and Dunkeld
has been under consideration. The Aberfeldy Local Authority have, at the instance
of the District Committee, agreed to carry out works which will greatly reduce the
pollution at present caused by the discharge of the sewage of the Burgh into the
river. At Dunkeld it was anticipated that there would be greater difficulty in
introducing the necessary purification works, owing to the situation of the Town in
a hollow. This difficulty has been overcome, and the Report of Mr. James Ritchie,
C.E., shows how not only the purification of the sewage can be successfully accom-
plished but that, in so doing, the drainage of the Town will also be much
improved. In the Eastern District the attention of the Committee was directed to
the pollution of the Ericht caused by the sewage of Blairgowrie and Rattray.
During the past year Blairgowrie has carried out extensive works designed for
sewage purification. It is too early yet to speak of the result in so far as the
effluent is concerned, but, judging from the difficulty experienced in keeping the

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