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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 1896
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1896
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TABLE V.
| 1895. MONTHS. | Mean Reading of the Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Rain. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest *>y Day. | Lowest by Night. | Range in Month. | Mean of all Highest. | Mean of all Lowest. | Mean Daily Range. | Mean for the Month. | Departure from Average of 125 Years, 1771—1895. | Number of Davs it Fell. | Amount Collected. | |||
| in. | º | º | º | º | º | º | º | º | º | in. | ||
| January | 30.173 | 52.9 | 28.3 | 24.6 | 44.4 | 36.2 | 8.2 | 40.5 | + 3.9 | 9 | 0.64 | |
| February | 30.152 | 56.2 | 24.3 | 31.9 | 45.5 | 35.2 | 10.3 | 40.3 | + 1.6 | 6 | 0.35 | |
| March | 29.641 | 67.7 | 32.1 | 35.6 | 53.1 | 39.7 | 13.4 | 45.7 | + 4.6 | 22 | 3.00 | |
| April | 29.976 | 69.0 | 33.6 | 35.4 | 57.4 | 41.1 | 16.3 | 48.6 | + 2.5 | 10 | 0.56 | |
| May | 30.046 | 78.4 | 35.8 | 42.6 | 66.1 | 44.5 | 21.6 | 54.8 | + 2.2 | 5 | 0.27 | |
| June | 29.766 | 86.7 | 39.8 | 46.9 | 75.3 | 53.5 | 21.8 | 63.4 | + 5.1 | 14 | 1.94 | |
| July | 29.843 | 91.1 | 47.3 | 43.8 | 77.6 | 54.8 | 22.8 | 65.2 | + 3.6 | 7 | 1.07 | |
| August | 29.848 | 76.2 | 45.7 | 30.5 | 69.0 | 51.7 | 17.3 | 59.2 | — 1.7 | 15 | 2.06 | |
| September | 29.592 | 71.5 | 40.3 | 31.2 | 64.5 | 51.2 | 13.3 | 56.7 | + 0.1 | 23 | 5.54 | |
| October | 29.557 | 63.4 | 31.5 | 31.9 | 53.5 | 40.7 | 12.8 | 46.5 | — 2.9 | 19 | 2.80 | |
| November | 29.958 | 50.9 | 26.5 | 24.4 | 45.6 | 35.8 | 9.8 | 40.6 | — 1.9 | 9 | 1.19 | |
| December | 29.611 | 51.5 | 26.9 | 24.6 | 43.8 | 35.6 | 8.2 | 40.2 | + 1.2 | 22 | 3.00 | |
| Means | 29.847 | 68.0 | 34.3 | 33.6 | 58.0 | 43.3 | 14.7 | 50.1 | + 1.6 | 161 sum. | 22.42 sum. | |