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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
Hackney 1887
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1887
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| Months. | Absolute Temperature. | Mean Temperature. | Difference from mean of 46 years. | Rainfall. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | Totals. | No.of Day | |||
* The rain-gauge is placed od a wall, and therefore registers less than it would do on
the ground, probably by 15 per cent., although it is well exposed.
This table is oompiled as regards the highest and lowest
temperatures, and the rainfall, from a record kept by me at my
house. I have, however, extracted the mean temperatures, and
tho differences therefrom from the Greenwich returns, as I have
not a sufficiently long record for Hackney. The highest
temperature recorded here was 88.6 deg., against 92.0 deg. at
Greenwich, but both higher and lower temperatures are recorded
at Greenwich than at Hackney, as there is less cloud and
smoke there, and the country round about is much more open
than here. The continued warmth of the summer is shewn by