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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
Clerkenwell 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St James & St John]
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and 288 cleansed; 32 house-drains laid down, 2 trapped; 41 houses
drained; 30 cesspools have been destroyed and filled up, and waterclosets
substituted for them; 152 loads of soil have been taken out
and removed from the sewers and gullies; and 1 new urinal erected.
The meteorology of the year is given in the following table:—
| 1864. | Temperature, mean | Difference from mean of 93 Years. | Dew Point. | Humidity. (Saturation=100.) | Height of Barometer. | Rain, in inches | Difference from average of 47 Years. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 48.5 | + 0.1 | 41.5 | 78 | 29.80 | 16.7 | —8.6 |
| Winter Quarter (Jan., Feb., March) | 37.9 | — 0.6 | 32.9 | 83 | 29.76 | 4.4 | —0.5 |
| Spring Quarter (April, May, June) | 53.1 | + 1.0 | 44.8 | 73 | 29.84 | 3.5 | —2.3 |
| Summer Quarter (July, Aug., Sept.) | 59.4 | —0.1 | 49.7 | 71 | 29.85 | 4.5 | —2.0 |
| Autumn Quarter (Oct., Nov., Dec.) | 43.7 | 0.0 | 38.7 | 83 | 29.75 | 4.3 | —2.8 |
This table shows that the mean temperature of the year was
slightly above the average, the winter and summer quarters being colder,
and the spring quarter warmer than the average of 93 years. While the
quantity of rain which fell during the year was very considerably less
than the average.
I have the honor to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
November, 1865. J. W. GRIFFITH, M.D.