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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
Paddington 1895
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895
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TABLE 29.
| 1895. | Reading of Barometer (Corrected) inches. | Temperature F?. | Daily Range of Temperature F°. | Sunshine (Hours.) | Humidity of Air (Saturation = 100.) | Rainfall inchei. | Grass Thermometer—No. of Nighti it was | Relative proportion | Hourly Velocity of Wind. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean. | Diff. from Average 54 years. | Mean. | Diff. f rom Average 54 years. | Mean. | biff, from Average 54 years. | Recorded. | Diff. from Average 10 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average 64 years. | Amount. | Diff. from Average 80 years. | At or below 30° F. | Between 30° & 40°. | Above 40°. | N. | E. | S. | w. | M ean. | Diff. from Average 10 years. | |
| Jan., Feb., and Mar. | 29.664 | -0.109 | 35.2 | -4.6 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 143.2 | ? | 81 | -4 | 3.27 | -1.68 | 55 | 33 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 19 | 12.3 | ? |
| April, May, and June | 29.846 | +0.064 | 55.1 | +2.2 | 20.9 | +0.8 | 457.8 | ? | 71 | -7 | 1.91 | -3.79 | 6 | 43 | 42 | 31 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 10.2 | ? |
| July, Aug., and Sept | 29.812 | +0.019 | 62.3 | +2.2 | 20.7 | +1.0 | 503.2 | ? | 73 | -5 | 6.46 | -0.83 | 0 | 7 | 85 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 31 | 11.0 | ? |
| Oct., Nov., and Dec. | 29.671 | -0.079 | 44.7 | +1.0 | 11.5 | 0. | 121.2 | ? | 87 | -3 | 8.09 | +0.97 | 27 | 47 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 13.4 | ? |
| Year | 29.748 | -0.023 | 49.3 | -0.1 | 16.2 | +0.4 | 1,225 | -12.4 | 78 | -4 | 19.73 | -5.33 | 88 | 130 | 147 | 82 | 72 | 107 | 104 | 11.6 | +0.1 |
* The quarterly totals in these columns are compiled from the Weekly Returns of the Registrar-General and are for 13 weeks, not
the three months, Averages for the quarters are not at present available.
The signs + and -, respectively indicate that the number in the preceding column is above or below the average to the amounts
indicated.