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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
Islington 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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METEOROLOGY OF AUGUST.
| Thermometers 4 feet from ground. | Degree of Atmospheric Humidity, Saturation being represented by 100. | Rain in inches, read at 9 A.M., Collected on the ground. Sum. | Number of days on which Rain fell in appreciable quantity. Sum. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Daily Values. | Mean of Highest Temperatures. | Mean of Lowest Temperatures. | Mean Daily Range of Temp. | ||||
| Week ending Aug. 6th | 65.7° | 77.8° | 59.40 | 18.4° | 81 | 0.42 | 2 |
| 66.7° | 80.1° | 22.°6 | 69 | 0.08 | 2 | ||
| „ „ 20th | 61.6' | 75.8° | 52.3° | 23.4° | 64 | 000 | 0 |
| ,, 27th | 58.2° | 70.8° | 49.3° | 21.5° | 65 | 1.42 | 3 |
| MEAN8. | 63.0° | 76.1° | 54.6° | 214° | 69 | Sum. 1.92 | Sum. |
| The highest day temperature, observed on August 12th, was 85°. The lowest night temperature, observed on August 27th, was 45.8° | |||||||
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical OJJicar of Health.
Vastry Offices,
September 9th, 1870.