METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. It is the intention of the State Board to secure meteorological observations throughout the State, that the relations between meteorological conditions and the various diseases and causes of death known to be largely influenced by atmospheric conditions may be studied. To do this requres time. A beginning has been made, and it is expected to enlarge the work, so that the next Report of the Board will show results. Herein is given such observations and compilations as have been available. Prior to the establishment of the Iowa Weather Service, under the direction of Prof. G. Hinrichs, of the State University, very few meteorological observations were made in the State. The most complete were those made by Proï. T. S. Parvin, to whom the State is indebted for the valuable data he has put on record. |