Municipal hygiene and demography.

  • International Congress of Hygiene and Demography
Date:
1892
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    MUNICIPAL HYGIENE AND DEMOGHAPHY. The City of Aberdeen. Delegates to the Congress. Lord Provost David Stewart. Councillor George Maconnachie. Professor Mattheav Hay, M.D. The city of Aberdeen is, with the exception of a small part south of the River Dee, wholly situated on a gently rising ground between the Rivers Dee and Don, and extends downwards along the Dee to the shore of the North Sea. Its elevation above sea-level varies from a few feet to 300 feet, the mass of the city being nnder 100 feet. Its position is, therefore, on the whole, favourable to good drainage. The popnlation, as estimated to the middle of the present year, is, within the recently extended boundary of the city, 125,560; and the area amonnts to 6,602 acres, or nearly 10 square miles. In spite of several natural disadvantages, snch as distance from coal and iron markets, the population has increased with remarkable rapidity in recent decades, the percentage of increase at the recent census being over 16, and at each of the previous censuses of 1871 and 1881 over 19. Aberdeen is, therefore, one of the most rapidly growing of the larger towns in Scotland. Its area is now the largest of the Scottish towns, but much of the portion recently added is unbuilt upon. For the ten years ending 1890 the following are the averages of the meteorological observations during the four quarters of the year:— metric ; Sea- F.). Tempera- ture, Rain. Average Number of- Hours of Bright Sunshine daily. Rain. 1881-90. Mean Bare: Pressure (at level and 32° Mean. Daily Range. Mean Humidit, 1 Sat. = 100. No. of Days it fell. A mount. 1 Prevailing Directions. Mean Pressure on sq. foot. 1st Quarter Ins. 29-747 °F. 38*7 °F. 10**4 82 56 Ins. 7-2 3-0 S.W., N., & N.W. lbs. 1-2; 2nd Quarter 29-909 48-6 13-4 76 48 5-9 6-1 S., N., & S.E. 0-8. 3rd Quarter 29-842 55-1 13-0 79 55 8-2 5-2 S.W., N.W., & N. 0-7 4th Quarter 29-792 41-5 10-1 82 59 9-1 2-2 S.W., W„ & N.W. 1-1 Whole Year 29-8-22 45-9 11-7 80 218 30-4 4-1 S.W..N., & N.W. 0-9 The climate is somewhat colder but less wet than the average of Great Britain, and is distinctly bracing, even to occasional harshness, especially in early spring.
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