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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
Deptford 1902
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1902
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Table No. 16. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1902. (Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal).
| Winter Jan, Feb, March Spring April, May, June Summer July, Aug, Sept Autumn Oct, Nov, Dec | Temperature of | Air. | Evaporation. | Dew Point. | Air-Daily Range. | Elastic Force of Vapour. | Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air. | Degree of Humidity. | Reading of Barometer. | Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air | Rain | Reading of Thermometer on Grass | Number of Nights it was | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean. | Diff from Average of 130 Years | Diff from Average of 60 Years | Mean. | Diff from Average of 60 Years | Mean | Diff from Average of 60 Years | Mean | Diff from Average of 60 Years | Mean | Diff from Average of 60 years | Mean | Diff from Average of 60 years | Mean (Satn = 10) | Diff from Average of 60 years | Mean | Diff from Average of 60 years | Mean | Diff from Average of 60 years | Amount | Diff from Average of 86 years | At or below 30° | Between 30° and 40° | Above 40° | Lowest Reading at Night | Highest Reading at Night | |||||
| 1902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | m | m | grs | gr | ms | m | grs | grs | Sums ms ms | Sums | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| YEAR | 49 3 | +0 5 | —0 2 | 45 9 | —0 6 | 42 5 | —1 0 | 14 0 | —1 8 | 28 | – 013 | 3 2 | —0 2 | 80 | -2 | 29 797 | + 020 | 543 | +1 | 19 34 | —5 46 | 114 | 140 | 111 | 6 9 | 55 6 | ||||
| Winter Qr | 40 5 | +1 6 | +0 7 | 38 4 | +0 6 | 35 6 | +0 4 | 10 9 | —0 9 | 20 | + 03 | 2 5 | +0 1 | 84 | 0 | 29 786 | + 012 | 552 | 0 | 2 79 | —2 15 | 50 | 33 | 7 | 69 | 440 | ||||
| Spring do. | 51 0 | —1 4 | —1 9 | 47 2 | —1 9 | 43 1 | —21 | 16 7 | -3 2 | 283 | -023 | 32 | —02 | 74 | —3 | 29 771 | – 014 | 540 | +2 | 6 85 | +1 24 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 178 | 493 | ||||
| Summerdo | 59 6 | —02 | —08 | 549 | -16 | 508 | —22 | 187 | —10 | 372 | —030 | 42 | —04 | 76 | -1 | 29832 | +036 | 532 | +2 | 5 67 | —150 | 2 | 34 | 56 | 29 3 | 55 6 | ||||
| Autumn do | 45 2 | +1 5 | +0 8 | 43 1 | +0 5 | 40 6 | 0 0 | 98 | -19 | 255 | —002 | 29 | -02 | 85 | —4 | 29 800 | + 047 | 547 | 0 | 4 03 | —3 05 | 28 | 45 | 19 | 17 3 | 45 5 | ||||
In this Table + and — respectively signify that the number in the preceding column is above or below the average to the amount of the quantities
to which these signs are affixed.