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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
Tottenham 1893
Report of the health of Tottenham for the year 1893
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Taken at TOTTENHAM at a Station 47 feet above mean sea level at Liverpool. Latitude 51° 36' N., Longitude 0° 4' W.
| MONTH. | Pressure of Atmosphere in Month. | Temperature of Air in Month. | Mean Temperature. | VAPOUR. | Mean Degree of Humidity Saturation=100. | Mean Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air. | Mean Reading of minimum on Grass. | WIND. | Mean Amount of Cloud, 0—10. | RAIN. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Highest. | Lowest. | Range. | Mean. | Air. | Dew Point. | Elastic Force. | In a Cubic Foot of Air. | Estimated Strength 0—6. | Relative proportion of | No. of Days .010 or more fell. | Amount Collected. | Evaporation. | ||||||||||||||
| Mean. | Range | Of all ; Highest. | Of all Lowest. | Daily Range. | Mean, j | Short ofSatu-ration. | N. | E. | S. | W. | Calm. | |||||||||||||||
| 1893. | inches | inches | deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. | inch | grns. | grns | grns. | deg. | inches | inches | |||||||||
| January | 30.070 | 0.996 | 52.1 | 15.9 | 36.2 | 40.0 | 31.2 | 8.8 | 35.5 | 32.8 | 187 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 90 | 562 | 28.7 | 0.8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 8.4 | 12 | 1.242 | 0.382 |
| February | 29.700 | 1.652 | 56.2 | 23.0 | 33.2 | 46.6 | 35.8 | 10.8 | 40.8 | 38.0 | .230 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 90 | 549 | 33.1 | 0.9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 8.4 | 20 | 2.924 | 0.600 |
| 30.146 | 0.820 | 67.1 | 24.4 | 42.7 | 56.7 | 35.5 | 21.2 | 44.7 | 39.9 | .247 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 84 | 552 | 32.1 | 0.9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4.5 | 5 | 0.460 | 1.825 | |
| April | 30.177 | 0.566 | 77.4 | 30.4 | 47.0 | 64.1 | 40.2 | 23.9 | 50.3 | 40.9 | .256 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 71 | 547 | 38.0 | 0.9 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 4 | ... | 3.2 | 3 | 0.110 | 3.550 |
| May | 30.069 | 0.808 | 76.6 | 39.9 | 36.7 | 67.1 | 47.8 | 19.3 | 55.8 | 46.5 | .319 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 71 | 539 | 45.6 | 1.0 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | ... | 5.5 | 6 | 0.680 | 4.420 |
| June | 30.013 | 1.090 | 85.5 | 38.8 | 46.7 | 71.2 | 51.6 | 19.6 | 59.3 | 48.2 | .337 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 67 | 534 | 49.9 | 1.0 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 8 | ... | 5.5 | 10 | 0.750 | 4.435 |
| July | 29.897 | 0.752 | 85.0 | 47.7 | 37.3 | 71.0 | 55.7 | 15.3 | 61.5 | 53.9 | .415 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 77 | 529 | 53.4 | 0.9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5.7 | 14 | 2.167 | 3.557 |
| August | 30.028 | 0.672 | 91.1 | 43.7 | 47.4 | 73.8 | 56.5 | 17.3 | 63.4 | 54.9 | .433 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 74 | 530 | 53.5 | 0.8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4.6 | 11 | 1.195 | 3.680 |
| September | 29.883 | 1.024 | 77.3 | 37.4 | 39.9 | 65.5 | 48.8 | 16.7 | 55.6 | 49.1 | .351 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 80 | 535 | 46.0 | 0.9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4.9 | 10 | 1.359 | 2.000 |
| October | 29.914 | 1.238 | 65.4 | 29.2 | 36.2 | 58.7 | 44.9 | 13.8 | 50.5 | 46.6 | .318 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 87 | 542 | 41.4 | 0.8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 4.4 | 16 | 3.577 | 1.500 |
| November | 29.982 | 1.352 | 59.4 | 26.8 | 32.6 | 47.7 | 36.0 | 11.7 | 41.5 | 37.2 | .225 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 87 | 553 | 33.4 | 1.0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ... | 7.5 | 14 | 2.058 | 0.660 |
| December | 30.007 | 1.716 | 56.2 | 19.0 | 37.2 | 45.7 | 34.6 | 11.1 | 40.2 | 37.0 | .220 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 89 | 553 | 31.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 7.7 | 13 | 2.034 | 0.384 |
| Barometer corrected and reduced to 32° Fahr. at sea level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest reading of Barometer 30.732 inches on 30th December. | Highest reading of Thermometer in shade, 91.1 deg. on 18th August. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest do. do. 28.750 inches on 21st February. | Lowest do. do. do. 15.9 deg. on 5th January. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranges of Atmospheric Pressure during the year, 1.982 inches. | Ranges of Temperature during the year, 75.2 degrees. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Observations taken at 9 a.m. daily. JNO. ED. WORTH, M. Inst. C.E., F.R. Met. Soc., &c. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||