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THE following resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted by the COUNCIL:

By Dr. J. H. Rauch:

Resolved, That the representatives from Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans be invited to state to the COUNCIL what has been done during the past year in their respective cities in the way of sanitary work; and in the case of Memphis, to what extent the recommendations of the National Board of Health for the sanitary regeneration of that city have been carried out.

The verbal statement concerning Memphis not being considered satisfactory by the COUNCIL, a supplemental resolution was adopted, to-wit:

By Dr. Pinckney Thompson:

Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to address a letter to the President of the Taxing District and the President of the Board of Health of Memphis asking for a statement in detail of the sanitary work actually performed since the close of the epidemic in 1879, and the extent to which the recommendations of the committee of the National Board of Health, in regard to the sanitary condition of Memphis, have been carried outthe Secretary to furnish the correspondence to the press for publication.

By Dr. J. J. Speed:

Resolved, That the SANITARY COUNCIL OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY indorses and approves the action of the Boards of Health of the States of Mississippi and Tennessee, and of the cities of Vicksburg and Memphis, in the recent enactment of health ordinances and regulations for the ensuing year.

By Dr. T. G. Birchett:

Resolved. That the address of the retiring President, Dr. R. C. Kedzie, be adopted as fully expressing the views of this COUNCIL concerning the attitude of the Louisiana State Board of Health toward the health interests of the Valley; and the Secretary be furnished with a copy of said address for immediate publication.

By Dr. Plunket:

Resolved. That the Secretary of the SANITARY COUNCIL be, and he is hereby, instructed to furnish the reports of the committees which have been adopted to the Secretary of the National Board of Health with a request that said reports be published in the Bulletin of said Board, for the prompt information of the various health organizations of the country.

By Dr. H. G. Jones:

Resolved, That the health organizations, State and municipal, represented in the SANITARY COUNCIL OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY be, and are hereby, requested to use their influence with the members of Congress of their respective districts to secure adequate appropriations of money for the use of the National Board of Health. to the end that said Board may carry out the measures it has already inaugurated for the protection of the public health and the consequent advancement of the material prosperity of this region.

By Dr. A. J. Miles:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the COUNCIL be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed for the information of transportation companies the classification of articles of merchandise for quarantine purposes, as adopted by the COUNCIL this day.

By Dr. L. F. Salomon:

Resolved. That the thanks of the SANITARY COUNCIL OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY are due and are hereby tendered to the several railroad lines for transportation furnished; to the Western Union Telegraph Company for the free use of its lines; to the press for full and unusually accurate reports of proceedings; to the local committee of the citizens of Evansville for their numerous courtesies, untiring attention and cordial reception, and last, but not least, to the ladies of Evansville who provided the complimentary banquet for the enjoyment of their visitors.

Resolved, That our visit to Evansville will be held in remembrance as one of the most pleasant and enjoyable episodes of our lives.

After tendering a vote of thanks to the late presiding officer, Dr. Kedzie, the COUNCIL adjourned its third annual meeting sine die. JOHN H. RAUCH, M. D., Secretary.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLES.

METEOROLOGICAL.

THE appended meteorological tables have been kindly furnished, at the request of the Secretary, by Brevet Major-General W. B. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer of the Army.

They comprise statements of (1) mean barometer, reduced to sea level; (2) mean temperature; (3) mean relative humidity; (4) the precipitation, in inches and hundredths; (5) the prevailing direction of winds; and (6) the total wind movement in miles. These have been compiled from the observations made at the stations in Chicago, Springfield and Cairo, Ill., St. Louis, Mo., Dubuque and Keokuk, Iowa, Indianapolis, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., from the date of establishment of each station, respectively, down to the close of December, 1881. These eight stations, it will be seen, sufficiently cover the whole area of Illinois to enable a tolerably accurate estimate to be made of the meteorological conditions of any given section of the State.

In a problem of such complexity as the relations between disease variation and variation of meteorological elements, no contribution is to be overlooked; and the student in this branch of etiology has, in the tables here furnished, a mass of data which may be turned to good account in the future.

It is to be hoped that the BOARD may soon be in a position to make available the proffer of the Signal Service Bureau, to furnish a portion of the necessary equipment for a large number of meteorological stations throughout the State.

Year.

1871.

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1881

MEAN BAROMETER-REDUCED TO SEA LEVEL.

CAIRO, ILL.

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

30.140 30.122 30.130 30.230 30.270 30.063 30.150 30.049 30.054 30.042 30.028 30,079 30.061 30.156 30.190 30.294 30.130 30.054 30,082 29.909 29.865 29.929 30.004 30.028 30.046 30.118 30.054 30.173 30.165 30.130 30.070 30.033 29-980 29.980 30,002 29.974 30.046 30.149 30.165 30.226 30.260 30.177 30.028 30.016 29.973 30,003 29.996 29.999 30.074 30.086 30,072 30.012 30.201 30.151-30.037 30-019 30,000 29,941 30.005 30.022 30.010 30.041 30.071 30.190 30.217 30.200 30.054 29 896-29.997-29-960 29.995 29.993 30.033 30,039 30.110 30.155 30.097 29.978 29.967 29.798 29.956 29.949 29.969 29.924 30.022 30.044 30.072 30.188 30.254 30.200 30.149 30.026 30.018 30.027 29.989 29.997-30.138 30.172 30.180:30 160 30.120 30.145 30.115 30.022 30.028 30.030 30.047 30.038 30.112 30.14030.292 30.216 30.224 30.151 29.937 30.027 30.014 29.970 30.049 30.009 30.050 30.148 30.214 30.224

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