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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
Hackney 1888
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1888
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although but little more than is registered for one year if a
sufficiently long period be taken. The daily mean temperature
was deficient in 10 out of the 12 months. In February this
occurred to the extent of 4"5 degrees, in March of 3 6 degrees,
in April of 2.6 degrees, and in the following months to a
smaller extent until July was reached, when the mean daily
TABLE
| Months. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals. | |||||||
| º | º | º | º | º | inches. | ||
| Totals. *24'84in | 171 | |||||||
* The rain-gauge is placed oN a wall, and therefore registers less than it would do on
the ground, probably by 15 per cent., although it is well exposed.
deficiency amounted to 4.4 deg., in August to 2.4 deg., and in
October to 3.9 deg., altogether almost an unexampled period of
cold, especially when taken in conjunction with the low
temperatures of 1887, which lasted from August to the end of