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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

Newington 1894

[Thirty-ninth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...]

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Table: TABLE 12.METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOB. LONDON, 1894.( 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 12.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOB. LONDON, 1894.

( 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.)

Wnter Jan., Feb., March.Spring April, May, JuneSummer July, Aug., Sept.,Autumn Oct., Nov., 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.No. of Nights it was.Lowest Reading at Night.Highest Reading at Night.
Mean.Diff. from Average of 123 years.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean(Sath.=100).Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Amount.Diff. from Average of 79 years.At pr below 30°Between 30° and 40°.Above 40°
1894°°° °°°°°°in.in.grs.gr.in.in.grs.grs.Sums.Sums°°
in.in.
YEAR.49.9+1.3+0.747.1+0.944.3+0.814.8-1.0.299+.0063.40.081-129.794+.020541-126.88+1.845215815512.856.2
Winter Qtr.41.4+2.5+1.739.0+0.936.2+1.012. 9+1.1.214+.0072.5-0.183-129.795-. 023551-15.40+0.463746712.845.9
Spring do.53.3+1.0+0.449.5+0.445.7+0.419.5-0.5.310+.0033.50.074-329.769-.013537-15.00-0.727463825.850.9
Summer do.58.6-1.2-1.655.5-0.852.7-0.316.5-3.2.400-.0044.5-0.181+329.812+.019532+27.54+0.251157627.156.2
Autumn do.46.4+2.8+2.244. 6+3.142..5+2.010.3-1.5.274+.0183.10.087-329.800+.050545-28.94+1.857513426.054.0
In this Table, + and — respectively signify that the numbers in the preceding column is above or below the average to the amount of the quantities to which these signs are affixed.