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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

Wandsworth 1882

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

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Table: TABLE VII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1882.(Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to theRegistrar General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.)

TABLE VII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1882.(Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to theRegistrar General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.)

Winter Jan., Feb., March. Sprint: April, May, June. Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Not., 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 110 years.Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean (sat.=100).. Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 40 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 40 years.At or below 30°.Between 30° and 40°.Above 40°.
1882.°°°°°°°°°in.in.grs.grs.in.in.grs.grs.Sum in.in.Sums.°°
YEAR.49.7+ 1.1+ 0.347.2+0.744.7+ 1.015.2-0.7•803+0.0083.50.084+329.758—0.015541—125.16+ 0.079113613816.355.8
First Quarter42.7+ 4.0+ 2.941.0+ 3.138.9+ 3.412.7+0.9.239+0.0322.8+0.487+ 330.026+0.261554+ 13.63-1.414240816.346.6
Second do.53.0+0.7+0.149.7+0.646.5+ 1.119.1—0.9.318+0.0143.6+0.179+ 429.737—0.046537—26.13+ 0.3018334023.753.2
Third do.58.1—1.6—2.255.0—1.552.1—0.918.3—1.4.391—0.0194.4—0.381+329.709—0.086530+ 16.01—1.411296229055.8
Fourth do.44.8+1.2+0.343.1+0.541.2+0.510.5—1.3.263+0.0043.00.0.88+ 129.560—0.191543—49.39+ 2.2530342818.264.2
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.