Annual report for 1848.

  • Royal Infirmary (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date:
1849
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report for 1848. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    October 18, A Donation —. — do. — — do. November 1, do. - -- do. 8, do. — 22, do. December 6, do. — 13, do. f Two Bolls of Potatoes, from L. Craigie, Esq. of Glendoick. The Perth Post Office Directory, from Messrs. Miller and Livingstone. Thirty Sacks of Chaff, from Mr. Easson, Farmer, Mains of Errol. 136 yards of Rope for drying Clothes, from Mr* D. Wilson, Rope Manufacturer. 16 Bottles of Port from the General Session. A Blanket and a Sheet, per James Halley. A quantity of Rags, from Mrs. M'Donald, Chapel Hill. F Two Cart-loads of Coal, from Mr. Neil Young. A Cart-load of Turnips, from J. Murie, Esq. TABLE DRAWN OUT BY GENERAL LINSDAY, Shewing the quantity of Rain which fell in the different years since 1840. MONTHS. 1840. 1841. 1842. 1843. 1844. 1845.1 Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. January, • • 2-37 2 .54 2-93 3-02 1-56 2-42 February, • • 2-65 2*34 2*96 41-82 •86 March, • • •27 1-70 3-12 1'24 3*26 1*50 April, •• •18 1*05 •06 4-28 •43 1-02 May, .. 2-98 1-76 2-37 3-57 •32 •88 J UNE, * # * 2-52 1-64 1-70 1*71 3-82 3 54 J ULY, • • | 5-00 3-59 1-30 3-38 1-96 2*23 August. • • 1-52 4*95 2-66 2-10 2 95 2*28 September, .. 10-57 2-90 1-64 •55 2-18 2-76 October, • • 2-60 4 -76 1-23 3 3-78 1-15 5*33 November, • • 2.86 2-05 3-45 2-72 4*94 5-38 December, < • *56 2-81 338 •55 M7 2-59 Total, 32 08 27.75 26-18 29-86 25.56 30-79 The Register begins on the 21st January. Ihe quantity of melted snow ]s sometimes included, but this cannot always be done, for after the funnel ot the Pluviometer (not 4 inches iu diameter) has been filled, it cannot be further ascertained. 3 on*Uury £° account taken between 6th January and 3d March. October 1843. This is too little, as the Register states, that the full quantity was not ascertained as the snow was not all dissolved. * February 1844. During this month were several heavy falls of snow, not included in this amount, particularly between the 23d and 26th.