Welsh Journals

1,000, as compared with 13-2 in the second quarter of 1907 the chief causes of death in both quarters being bronchitis, pneumonia, influenza, and phthisis. In the summer, or third quarter, the death-rate was 11·8 per 1,000, the rate in the corresponding quarter of 1907 being 13-4. As usual, infantile diarrhoea was responsible for a large propor- tion of the deaths during this period, particularly during the fine, warm, and rainless period between the middle of July and the 18th or 20th August. The entire rainfall recorded at the Penylan Station during the four weeks ended August 15th amounted to only 0-05 inch. The death-rate during the fourth quarter of the year was also comparatively low, being 12'3 per 1,000, as compared with 15-8 in the fourth quarter of 1907. It may be of interest to note that owing to the generous assistance of the Society during the year under consideration the Cardiff Corporation Meteorological Station at Penylan has been rendered more complete by the addition of several useful instruments. The Station is now well equipped and recognised by the Meteorological Office. The observations are taken at 9 a.m. and at 9 p.m. (local time) daily, and are published in the daily, weekly, and other returns of that office, and in the local newspapers. Charts containing a summary of observations are kept on view at the Station, and appear to be of interest to the general public. The instruments at the Station comprise at the present time a Kew pattern station barometer with milli- metre and inch scale, maximum and minimum thermometers, wet and dry bulb thermometers, I foot and 4 feet thermometers, solar radiation and terrestrial radiation thermometers, sunshine recorder, and wind vane. The barometer, solar radiation thermometer and the sunshine recorder were presented by the Society, who have recently added an exceedingly valuable seismograph. which is about to be fixed in a suitable building provided by the Corporation. The Station is under the control of the Medical Officer of Health.