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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

City of London 1895

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895

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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1895.
(Deduced from Observations, at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables,
furnished to the Registrar General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.).

Table: The figures in Italics relate to the CITY, and are calculated from observations made at the Guildhall, City, under the Direction of the Engineer.

The figures in Italics relate to the CITY, and are calculated from observations made at the Guildhall, City, under the Direction of the Engineer.

Winter Jan., Feb., March.Spring April, May, June.Summer July, Aug., Sept.Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec.Air.Temperature ofAir— Daily Range.Elastic 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.
Evaporation.Dew Point.Number of Nights it wasLowest Reading at Night.Highest Reading at Night.
Mean.Diff. from Average of 124 years.Diff. from Average of 54 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 54 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 54 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 54 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 54 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 54 years.Mean (Satn. = 100).Diff. from Average of 54 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 54 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 54 years.Amount.Diff. from Average of 80 years.At or below 30°.Between 30° and 40°.Above 40°.
1895.°°°°°°°°°in.in.grs.gr.ins.in.grs.grs.Sums.Sums.°°
ins.ins.
YEAR49.3+0.7-0.145.9-0.542.3-1.216.2+0.4.284-.0093.2-0.278-429.748-.026541019.73-5.33881301476.959.1
„49.5--46.9-44.5-8.7-.398-4.5-78-29.821-538-20.56------
Winter Quarter35.2-3.7-4.633.3-4.629.5-5.711.80.0.167-.0392.0-0.581-329.664-.109556+ 43.27-1.68553326.942.5
„ „37.1-.35.0-34.1-7.1-.179-2.1-79-29.724-554-2.88------
Spring55.1+2.8+2.250.1+1.045.5+0.220.9+0.8.306-.0013.4-0.171-729.846+.064537-11.91-3.796434225.354.3
„ „54.1--50.1-47.1-11.5-.320-3.5-74-29.965-532-2.33-----
Summer „62.3+2.7+2.257.6+1.353.4+0.420.7+1.0.409+.0054.5-0.173-529.812+.019528-26.46-0.83078530.859.1
„ „61.3--57.5-54.5-9.1-.422-4.7-80-29.854-523-7.46------
Autumn „44.7+1.0+0.442.8+0.340.7+0.211.50.0.255-.0012.9-0.287-329.671-.079545-28.09+0.9727471820.050.1
„ „47.0--45.1-42.3-7.1-.272-3.1-81-29.741-542-7.89------

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In this Table + and - respectively signify that the number in the preceding column is above or below the average to the amount of the quantities to which these signs are affixed.
* The rain gauge at the Guildhall is placed at a height of 51 feet from the ground.
† No thermometer readings on grass are made in the City.