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Hackney 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1898
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METEOROLOGY.
The following table, for which I am indebted to the Secretary
of the Royal Meteorological Society, is an abstract of the
Climatological Observations made at St. Luke's, Old Street, E.C.,
for the year 1898:—
ABSTRACT OF CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
| 1898. | Temperature. | Relative Humidity. | Amount of Cloud. | Rain. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means. | Extremes. | Amount. | No. of Days. | ||||||||
| 9 a.m. | Min. | Max. | Range | Mean. | Min. | Max | |||||
| ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | % | in. | |||
| JANUARY | 44.6 | 41.5 | 48.7 | 7.2 | 45.1 | 34.9 | 55.2 | 87 | 9.3 | .78 | 9 |
| FEBRUARY | 41.6 | 37.4 | 46.9 | 9.5 | 42.2 | 30.0 | 57.1 | 81 | 7.0 | 1.22 | 17 |
| MARCH | 41.1 | 36.1 | 47.3 | 11.2 | 41.7 | 30.0 | 59.6 | 78 | 7.1 | 1.34 | 13 |
| APRIL | 48.9 | 42.2 | 57.0 | 14.8 | 49.6 | 32.8 | 65.9 | 73 | 7.0 | 1.08 | 13 |
| MAY | 53.2 | 47.0 | 59.5 | 12.5 | 53.2 | 38.1 | 75.2 | 71 | 7.6 | 2.29 | 21 |
| JUNE | 58.7 | 52.1 | 65.5 | 13.4 | 58.8 | 42.4 | 75.7 | 70 | 8.2 | 1.05 | 14 |
| JULY | 62.7 | 55.6 | 70.4 | 14.8 | 63.0 | 49.3 | 80.5 | 67 | 6.6 | .74 | 8 |
| AUGUST | 65.0 | 58.2 | 73.5 | 15.3 | 65.9 | 49.8 | 86.0 | 70 | 5.7 | .95 | 9 |
| SEPTEMBER | 62.5 | 55.0 | 72.6 | 17.6 | 63.8 | 44.0 | 88.9 | 70 | 7.1 | .19 | 4 |
| OCTOBER | 54.9 | 50.7 | 59.8 | 9.1 | 55.2 | 43.4 | 69.5 | 86 | 7.6 | 2.73 | 13 |
| NOVEMBER | 47.1 | 43.3 | 51.9 | 8.6 | 47.6 | 32.0 | 60.9 | 89 | 8.7 | 1.81 | 14 |
| DECEMBER | 46.9 | 42.8 | 50.7 | 7.9 | 46.8 | 33.0 | 57.6 | 84 | 7.4 | 2.37 | 12 |
| YEAR | 52.3 | 46.8 | 58.6 | 11.8 | 52.7 | 30.0 | 88.9 | 77 | 7.4 | 16.55 | 147 |
I remain, Gentlemen,
Yours obediently,
J. KING WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Report of the Medical Officer of Health received, and ordered to
be printed and circulated in the usual manner.
TOM HOSGOOD,
10th May, 1899. Chairman of the Vestry.