London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1895
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the half-year ending December, 1895
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE VI.
| 1895. MONTHS. | Mean Reading of the Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Rain. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest by Day. | Lowestby Night. | Rangein Month. | Mean ofall Highest. | Mean ofall Lowest. | Mean Daily Range. | Mean forthe Month. | Departure from Average of 124 Years, 1771-1894. | Number of Days it Fell. | AmountCollected. | ||
| January | in. 29.508 | 0 53 8 | 20°.3 | 33.5 | o 37.7 | 0 29 .5 | o 8.2 | 33°.8 | oss, 1 1 | 19 | in. 1.62 |
| February | 29.910 | 45.0 | 6.9 | 38.1 | 35.2 | 22.8 | 12.4 | 28.9 | 9.9 | 4 | 0.22 |
| March | 29.565 | 63.0 | 25.3 | 37.7 36-3 | 511 | 36 4 . | 14.7 | 42.8 | + 1.7 | 19 | 1.43 |
| April | 29 735 | 67-7 | 31-4 | 57*2 | 40 7 | 16-5 | 47 8 | + 1 7 | 12 | 1 -25 | |
| May | 20-907 | 86-2 | 37-8 | 48-4 | 67*5 | 45-5 | 22-0 | 56-0 | *3.5 | 6 | 0'45 |
| June | 2S -8i>5 | 84.3 | 42.2 | 42.1 | 74.1 | 50.0 | 24.1 | 6l.4 | + 3 .1 | 0 21 | |
| July | 29-710 | 83.8 | 49.2 | 34.6 | 72.8 | 54.2 | .8.6 | 62. 6 | + 1.0 | 16 | 3 89 |
| August | 29-748 | 82.2 | 45.7 ! 36-5 | 703 | 53 7 | 19.3 | 62.2 | + 1.3 | 15 | 2.11 | |
| September | 29 977 | 87.3 | 46.1 | 75.4 | 51.3 | 24.1 | 62.2 | + 5-7 | 5 | 0.93 | |
| October | 29-671 | 75 8 | 27.4 | 48.4 | 54.2 | 39.6 | 1-4.6 | 46-5 | —3.0 | 15 | 2 69 |
| November | 29.716 | 6.10 | 32.5 | 31.5 | 52.6 | 41. 5 | 11.1 | 47.3 | + 4-8 | 20 | 2 89 |
| December | 29 G26 | 56.0 | 25.5 30.5 | 44.3 | 35 6 | 8.7 | 40 2 | + 1.2 | 19 | 2.51 | |
| Means | 29.748 | 70.8 | 32.1 | 38. 0 | 57.9 | 41.7 | 16.2 | 49.3 | + 0.7 | 158 sum. | 19-73 sum. |