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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1898
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898
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TABLE VI.
| 1898. MONTHS. | Mean Reading of the Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Bain. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest by Day. | Lowest hy Night. | Range in Month. | Mean of all Highest. | Mean of all Lowest. | Mean Daily Range. | Mean for the Month. | Departure from Average of 127 Years, 1771—1897. | Number of Days it Fell. | Amount Colo lected. | ||
| January | in. | o | o | o | o | o | o | in. | |||
| 30.151 | 54.5 | 30.0 | 24.5 | 47.1 | 39.3 | 7.8 | 43.6 | + 6.9 | 8 | 0.65 | |
| February | 29.771 | 55.8 | 26.1 | 29.7 | 46.9 | 36.0 | 10.9 | 41.2 | + 2.4 | 12 | 1.19 |
| March | 29.702 | 60.0 | 27.2 | 32.8 | 46.8 | 34.0 | 12.8 | 39.8 | —1.4 | 14 | 1.40 |
| April | 29.743 | 67.2 | 29.7 | 37.5 | 57.4 | 39.8 | 17.6 | 48.0 | + 1.8 | 10 | 0.93 |
| May | 29.664. | 75.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 60.2 | 44.9 | 15.3 | 51.7 | —0.9 | 22 | 2.64 |
| June | 29.814 | 78.4 | 40.0 | 38.4 | 67.3 | 49.8 | 17.5 | 57.6 | —0.8 | 11 | 1.75 |
| July | 29.935 | 82.0 | 44.6 | 37.4 | 72.3 | 52.7 | 19.6 | 61.5 | —0.2 | 9 | 1.34 |
| August | 29.845 | 90.0 | 48.0 | 42.0 | 75.9 | 55.2 | 20.7 | 64.6 | + 3.7 | 11 | 0.86 |
| September | 29.930 | 92.1 | 39.9 | 52.2 | 74.5 | 51.3 | 23.2 | 62.1 | + 5.5 | 5 | 0.31 |
| October | 29.669 | 69 2 | 37.9 | 31.3 | 59.6 | 48.4 | 11.2 | 53.8 | + 4.4 | 17 | 3.15 |
| November | 29.678 | 60.3 | 29.0 | 31.3 | 51.0 | 40.5 | 10.5 | 45.9 | + 3.4 | 13 | 2.41 |
| December | 29.897 | 57.8 | 28.6 | 29.2 | 49.9 | 40.7 | 9.2 | 45.8 | + 6.7 | 10 | 2.22 |
| Means | 29.816 | 70.2 | 34.8 | 35.4 | 59.1 | 44.4 | 14.7 | 51.3 | + 2.6 | 142 | 18.85 |
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