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Show Weather and the Death Rate. The general death rate is found to Increase with rising temperature, and to diminish with a falling thermometer. thermome-ter. These conclusions are reached by Doctor Ellsworth Huntington of Yale, and are a result of a study of about 4( M 100 deaths In New York city In connection with the weather on the day of death. The peculiarities seem to apply to all seasons. Variety In the weather is healthful and stimulating, stim-ulating, and It Is believed that soma variability is as essential as proper humidity. |