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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 OCTOBER.
| 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 Oct. 8th | 54.7° | 64.5° | 47.6° | 17.0° | 86 | 0.18 | 2 |
| 47.6° | 574° | 39.9° | 17.5° | 75 | 0.33 | 5 | |
| „ 22nd | 49.9° | 56.9° | 43.6° | 13.3° | 78 | 1.70 | 6 |
| „ „ 29th | 48.5° | 53.6° | 44.90 | 8.8° | 82 | 0.85 | 4 |
| Means. | 50.1° | 58.1° | 44.0° | 14.1° | 80 | Sum. 306 | Sum, 17 |
| The highest day temperature, observed on October 3rd was 71°. The lowest night temperature, observed on October 15th, was 33°, Gales of wind on 12th, 13th, 20th, and 21st. Thick fog in forenoon of 15th. Extraordinary display of Aurora Borealis on evening of 24th, and again on evening of 25th. | |||||||
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
November 7th, 1870.