There fell, during all the months that have been mentioned, frequent and plentiful showers of rain, which rendered the crops of grass luxuriant in the neighbourhood of Philadelphia.
The winds at this time were chiefly from the south-east.
A few intermittents appeared in June, which yielded readily to the bark.
On the 16th day of June, Dr. Physick informed me he had a black boy under his care with the yellow fever.
In July, the hooping cough, cholera infantum, and some cases of dysentery and bilious fever appeared in the city.
On the 30th of July, Dr. Pascalis informed me that he had lost a patient on the fifth day of a yellow fever.
In August, the dysentery was the principal form of disease that prevailed in the city.
On the 22d of this month, a woman died of the yellow fever in Gaskill-street, under the care of Dr. Church.
On the 28th and 30th, there fell an unusual quantity of rain. The winds were south-west and north-west during the greatest part of the summer months. The latter were sometimes accompanied with rain.