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THE UNUSUAL MARCH WEATHER.
994 13 or students
14
years
1895 there were or snow very frequent and sometimes heavy. During and 1137 the second week the weather was also much more. is not sur- cloudy than usual and precipitation very common, and foreigners. to number of the only amelioration during the third week was that over prising students are and that these have Russians, foreign greatly the western half of Great Britain and Ireland there was a, increased during the last few years, during which there good share of sunshine. The wind came from all quarters in have been troublous times at home. In 1903 there were turn, but a harsh current from some point of the compass only 171 Russians, whereas in 1909 there were 592. The between east and north greatly predominated. The distribucontingent sent by Turkey, on the other hand, has fallen from tion of sunshine exhibits some rather remarkable features. 98 in 1902 to 77 in 1909. The same remark applies to Bul- Dublin, Liverpool, and Ventnor recorded exactly 50 more. garia, which only sends 47 this year, as against 101 in 1902. hours than Birmingham and 47 more hours than Westminster, Greece and ;South America account for more than 20 each, while those two cities were even less sunny than Glasgow and but Great Britain and the United States for only five each. Prestwich. The south coast was relatively sunless for the Of course, of all French medical schools Paris is facize time of year, and at Hastings, generally ranking among the princeps, the number at present there being :over 3500, but brightest spots in the kingdom, there were fully 25 hours Lyons has nearly 1000 and Bordeaux and Montpellier between less sunshine than usual. 600 and 700 each. Few of the foreign students seek the full State diploma which is necessary for the purpose of pracTHE PEABODY DONATION FUND. tising in France. Many, however, take the University degree THE governors of the Peabody Donation Fund have which does not give any right to practise ; 46 such degrees issued their forty-fourth annual report, relating The old diploma of Officier de to 1908. The were conferred during 1908. history of the progress of the work for which cnte has not been given now for many years, and a foreigner this fund was instituted is always full of interest. The wishing to practise in France must go through the whole princely donations of Mr. Peabody between 1862 and 1873, course and pass all the examinations which a Frenchman has to promote the better housing of the London poor, amounted to pass, no credit being given for any study or examinations ’, to .6500,000, and under the careful and judicious managealready gone through in his own country. ment of the governors of the trust the fund had increased to .61,639,435 (or more than three times its original amount) THE UNUSUAL MARCH WEATHER. at the end of last year. Since 1873 the net increase the from rents but including interest to fund, mainly THE following table showing the temperature, rainfall,. and the last year by the late Mr. special bequest and sunshine for the three weeks, Feb. 28th to March 20th, of Fox of the value 27,887, has been equal to 1909, is interesting in connexion with the widespread Henry of the donations at the amount interest on sickness of influenzal type in many parts of the country and compound &3 cent. annum. The per per capital expenditure on land especially in London :and buildings during the same period has amounted to Rl, 529,432; and the net income last year from rents and interest was 40,295, equal to 2’56 per cent. on the capital
reigning 8916
ago,
for in
altogether, 7779 Frenchmen On looking through the list it find that by far the largest
.
recently
-
*
A
day with at least 0-01 inch. are for Edinburgh.
t These sunshine values
A very superficial examination of the above figures for temperature is sufficient to demonstrate the unusual character of the weather for the first three weeks of March, during which
sufferers from influenza increased so greatly in number. The places chosen for the above table are all cities or large towns, but they represent equally well the whole kingdom. The coldest week of the three was the first, when the defect of mean temperature over a large portion of the country while the duration of sunwas between 9° and 12°, shine was much below the average, and rain, sleet,
of the fund, showing a slight decline from the rate of interest in the preceding year. During last year 12,962 was expended in repairs, &c., to the buildings, the whole of which was, as usual, charged to income. At the end of last year the governors had, by means of the fund, provided for the artisan and labouring poor of London 13,308 rooms, besides bathrooms, laundries and lavatories. These rooms comprised 5665 separate dwellings, including 278 cottages of five rooms, 105 tenements of four rooms, 1834 of three rooms, 2548 of two rooms, and 900 of single rooms. The mean population of the Peabody Dwellings has scarcely differed from 20,000 during the past 20 years, the mean population during last year being 19,914, showing a density of 571 per acre, and nine times the mean ’density in the whole of London. The fact that the population provided with dwellings by the fund has so long remained practically stationary appears to be due to the governors having in recent years devoted the net income of the fund to repaying the balance of the
14
years
1895 there were or snow very frequent and sometimes heavy. During and 1137 the second week the weather was also much more. is not sur- cloudy than usual and precipitation very common, and foreigners. to number of the only amelioration during the third week was that over prising students are and that these have Russians, foreign greatly the western half of Great Britain and Ireland there was a, increased during the last few years, during which there good share of sunshine. The wind came from all quarters in have been troublous times at home. In 1903 there were turn, but a harsh current from some point of the compass only 171 Russians, whereas in 1909 there were 592. The between east and north greatly predominated. The distribucontingent sent by Turkey, on the other hand, has fallen from tion of sunshine exhibits some rather remarkable features. 98 in 1902 to 77 in 1909. The same remark applies to Bul- Dublin, Liverpool, and Ventnor recorded exactly 50 more. garia, which only sends 47 this year, as against 101 in 1902. hours than Birmingham and 47 more hours than Westminster, Greece and ;South America account for more than 20 each, while those two cities were even less sunny than Glasgow and but Great Britain and the United States for only five each. Prestwich. The south coast was relatively sunless for the Of course, of all French medical schools Paris is facize time of year, and at Hastings, generally ranking among the princeps, the number at present there being :over 3500, but brightest spots in the kingdom, there were fully 25 hours Lyons has nearly 1000 and Bordeaux and Montpellier between less sunshine than usual. 600 and 700 each. Few of the foreign students seek the full State diploma which is necessary for the purpose of pracTHE PEABODY DONATION FUND. tising in France. Many, however, take the University degree THE governors of the Peabody Donation Fund have which does not give any right to practise ; 46 such degrees issued their forty-fourth annual report, relating The old diploma of Officier de to 1908. The were conferred during 1908. history of the progress of the work for which cnte has not been given now for many years, and a foreigner this fund was instituted is always full of interest. The wishing to practise in France must go through the whole princely donations of Mr. Peabody between 1862 and 1873, course and pass all the examinations which a Frenchman has to promote the better housing of the London poor, amounted to pass, no credit being given for any study or examinations ’, to .6500,000, and under the careful and judicious managealready gone through in his own country. ment of the governors of the trust the fund had increased to .61,639,435 (or more than three times its original amount) THE UNUSUAL MARCH WEATHER. at the end of last year. Since 1873 the net increase the from rents but including interest to fund, mainly THE following table showing the temperature, rainfall,. and the last year by the late Mr. special bequest and sunshine for the three weeks, Feb. 28th to March 20th, of Fox of the value 27,887, has been equal to 1909, is interesting in connexion with the widespread Henry of the donations at the amount interest on sickness of influenzal type in many parts of the country and compound &3 cent. annum. The per per capital expenditure on land especially in London :and buildings during the same period has amounted to Rl, 529,432; and the net income last year from rents and interest was 40,295, equal to 2’56 per cent. on the capital
reigning 8916
ago,
for in
altogether, 7779 Frenchmen On looking through the list it find that by far the largest
.
recently
-
*
A
day with at least 0-01 inch. are for Edinburgh.
t These sunshine values
A very superficial examination of the above figures for temperature is sufficient to demonstrate the unusual character of the weather for the first three weeks of March, during which
sufferers from influenza increased so greatly in number. The places chosen for the above table are all cities or large towns, but they represent equally well the whole kingdom. The coldest week of the three was the first, when the defect of mean temperature over a large portion of the country while the duration of sunwas between 9° and 12°, shine was much below the average, and rain, sleet,
of the fund, showing a slight decline from the rate of interest in the preceding year. During last year 12,962 was expended in repairs, &c., to the buildings, the whole of which was, as usual, charged to income. At the end of last year the governors had, by means of the fund, provided for the artisan and labouring poor of London 13,308 rooms, besides bathrooms, laundries and lavatories. These rooms comprised 5665 separate dwellings, including 278 cottages of five rooms, 105 tenements of four rooms, 1834 of three rooms, 2548 of two rooms, and 900 of single rooms. The mean population of the Peabody Dwellings has scarcely differed from 20,000 during the past 20 years, the mean population during last year being 19,914, showing a density of 571 per acre, and nine times the mean ’density in the whole of London. The fact that the population provided with dwellings by the fund has so long remained practically stationary appears to be due to the governors having in recent years devoted the net income of the fund to repaying the balance of the