1874 San Diego City Directory
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MISCELLANEOUS.
of all the others. The June records show the degrees of heat, at five minutes before two o'clock, to be 72, 66, 65, 65, 68, 66, 66, 67, 67, 66, 67, 64, 67, 67, 65, 69, 70, 67, 67, 70, 68, 67, 67, 67, 68, 70, 75, 73, 71, 67. The December records show 62, 57, 59, 58, 61, 58, 59, 60, 58, 56, 56, 57, 60, 61, 61, 59, 59, 64, 61, 60, 59, 58, 62, 67, 67, 68, 68, 66, 63, 61, 59.
Such are our summers and such our winters. The same clothing is worn throughout the year. No thin suit is required on account of excessive heat; and no heavy overcoat because of excessive cold. The sweltering nights of June and July in New York and Philadelphia are unknown here. The sleeper always needs a blanket to cover him, and he awakens the next morning refreshed by a whole night's sleep. In December and January the contrast between here and New York is equally great. A fire in the sitting-room is seldom required for comfort; and, at night, a feather bed and a heavy padded covering would be positively uncomfortable.
With the fullest confidence we place San Diego, for climate, before the rest of the world. The record of temperature given in this article accounts for the very favorable showing in regard to health furnished by the mortuary statistics for the county during the last year. Only fifty-three deaths from a population of nine thousand, or a trifle less than six for one thousand! and thirteen of the fifty-three were consumptives from abroad who came here diseased beyond recovery. In 1872, the number of deaths per thousand inhabitants in other places was as follows: In New York, 32.64; Philadelphia, 26.28; Brooklyn, 30; St. Louis, 23.02; Chicago, 27.60; Baltimore, 25.94; Boston, 30.53; Cincinnati, 20.46; New Orleans, 30.61; San Francisco, 17.50. With these San Diego stands out in marvelous contrast, at 5.88. To this wonderful natural sanitarium we specially invite such as have a predisposition to pulmonary disease, not yet fully developed.
