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Wandsworth 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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TABLE III. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE TOR LONDON, 1876. (Deduced from Observations, at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables,furnished to the Registrar General by James Olashier, Esq., F.R.S.)

Winter Jan., Feb., March. Spring April, May, June. Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec.Temperature ofElastic 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.
Air.Evaporation.Dew point.Air— Daily Range.Number of Nights it wasLowest Reading at Night.Highest Reading at Night.
Mean.Diff. from Average of 105 Years.Diff. from Average of 35 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 85 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 35 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 35 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 35 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 35 Years.Mean (Sat" = 100).Diff. from Average of 35 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 35 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 35 Years.Amount.Diff. from Average of 61 Years.At or below 30°.Between 30° and 40e.Above 40°.
1876.oooooooooin.in.grs.gr.in.in.grs.grs.in.in.Sums.oo
YEAR50.1+1.3+0.646.9+0.343.70 016.3+ 0.30295—o.ooo3.40.080—229.719—0.057540—224.2— 1.17513016114.059.7
First Quarter39.8+1.0—0.137'7—0.234.9— 0.5120+0.20.203— 0.0042.4— 0.183—229.705—0.05855204.9004438914.044.8
Second do51.7+ 1.3—1.347.6—1.643.5— 2021.0+ 090.287— 0.022.—0.274—229.817+0028540+13.5— 2.3174034•155.8
Third do.61.8+2.1+1.557.1+0.753.1+0.121.8+ 2.00.406+ 0.00245+ 0.174—429.763—0.038528—25.3—2.20118134.159.7
Fourth do47.0— 3.3+2.445.1+2.443.1+2.310.3—1.70.282+ 0.0223.2+ 0287—129.590—0.161541—610.5+ 3.414413720.353.9

In this Table, + and respectively signify that the numbers in the preceding column are above or below the average to the extent of the quantities to which these signs are prefixed.