The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-10

continued good. The chief cause of
death was consumption, by which nine,
as SO put down, were carried off. One
death by cynanche trachealis and one
by cynanche maligna occurred among
children. demonstrating the unmanage-
ableness of both these forms of disease
which began to be prevalent. The num-
Der of deaths in the seconS vicenniad
of life reached II.
MAY.
The prolongation of the wet season
to the last of this month somewhat
compensated for the deficiency OF the
semestral fall of rain. The mean at
| mospheric pressure was minus the av-
erage, 0125 inches; highest and lowest
| Temperatures So degrees and 40 de-
grees. On the evenings Of the 9th, 18th
and 9th sheet lightning was witnessed
here in the northern horizon, which re-
vealed the occufrence of terrific hail
storms at various points at these re-
spective dates. At Butte Greek, Shasta
County, the gale blew almost torna-
do for ten minutes, and hailstones the
size of carbine balls fell. On the 21st
and lower down on the foothills than at
any previous date of the season. The
temperature of the river remained 4
degrees lower than that of well water,
indicating the continued supply from
melted snow.
There was a decided abatement of
the diseases incidental to childhood,
alluded to last month, and the num-
Der of deaths did not exceed the aver
age that ruled for the last trimester.
The deaths, however, under l year OF
age, amounting to eight, considering
the small proportional population OF
children, demonstrated a proclivity to
infantile diseases. Among these, two
We're by cholera infantum. The num-
Der of deaths between 20 and 40 years
of age amounted to fourteen.
JUNE.
The weather was very variable
throughout the whole Of this month.
Instead of the close sultry atmosphere
that usually obtains as the sun enters
the calm belt of Cancer, we experienced
just at the period Of the summer
solstice strong, chilly winds, freighted
with more or less moisture from the
ocean. As the land, however, had al
ready attained a high degree of tenn
perature, of course it could not con-
dense the vapors of water held by the
air; consequently no rain fell after the
LIST The river continued to fall steadily
during the whole month. It's temperature
on the 21st was degrees higher than
that of well water twelve feet below the
surface, which fact demonstrated that
the great bulk Of the snow from the
mountains had passed off. Highest and
lowest temperatures. 81 and So de-
greeeL
The diseases usually attendant upon
changeable weather during the early
summer and spring months through
out the whole North American Cont
nent were observed this month. The
symptoms, however, were very mild,
and we merely call attention to the
subject to add that although urticaria,
rubeola and scarlatina We're all met
with in the practice of cur physicians,
vet such was the hygienic condition of
the city that not a single death by
either of these affections occurred.
Another singular circumstance, which
reflects favorably on the sanitary in
fluence of our climate in modifying
diseases of a grave character is found
in the fact that the two latter distinct
but closely allied species of eruptive
fevers. members Of the same genus,
seemed so to act and react on each
other as to produce new variety, or
rather mongrel, incapable of perpet-
uating it's kind. Hence, no morbillo-
scarlatinal contagion existing to keep
up these diseases, they almost entirely
disappeared.
Notwithstanding the rc1oudless sky
which characterized nearly the whole
month, the tempering of the atmos-
phere by fresh southerly breezes, pc
culiar to this month, was most sensi-
bly, experienced. During the few days,
however, that northerly winds FREEDOM
mated the heat became intense, ex-
ceeding 100 degrees in many places.
An important meteorological fact con-
nected with this unpleasant wind is
that all the moisture has been wrung
out of it that a dew point of zero in
the cold ATTITUDES could extract It is
indeed return wind, which after
blowing over the surface. fresh from
the ocean, grows colder as it goes
north, where the process of condensa-
ton commences, and when it comes
back it is as parchfng and obnoxious
to animals and vegetable life as the
simeon of the Eastern deserts.
Although the temperature thus
reached it's eliminating point 600 de-
grees) and remained high for short
time, still, owing probably to the south
erly winds just alluded to-, the dis
eases incidental to the season did not
prove more violent, or less amena BILE
to judicious treatment than usual.
There was, indeed, manifested marked
disposition to nervous exaltation among
the sick and invalid, but this deviation
from the ordinary balance of the nerve
power was easily remedied by regu-
lating the hygrometery of the sick,
either by a sufficiency of covering to
prevent rapid evaporation from the
cutaneous surface or by sprinkling
water on the floor. .
AS the best index to the true state
of the health of the city at this time
the following calculation of the pro-
portionate deaths to the population for
four years is now added In July, 1853,
the deaths amounted to, one in every
GOO inhabitants; in July, 1854, one in
800; in July, 1855, one in 7O5, and in
July, 1856, one to $50, estimating the
present population at 10000, which,
perhaps, is too low by 800 Lowest tenn
perature for this month was 55 de-
grees.
AUGUST