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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 1890
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1890
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two days during the whole period, the lowest in November having
been 29.6 deg., whilst the highest was 59.0 deg. There was a
rather considerable amount of rain, viz., 1.48 inches, which fell
on 19 days. The mean temperature was 0.3 above the average
In December I registered the low temperature of 11.8 deg. in
Hackney, but this was not nearly so low as in some other places
in England. The highest temperature recorded was 43.8, and
the mean only 29.8, being 10.0 deg., below the average. Snow
fell on 11 days, and remained unmelted except for two days
during the month. It was the coldest month since January, 1838.
TABLE.
| Months. | Absolute Temperature. | Range. | Mean Temperature. | Difference from mean of 9 years. | Rainfall. * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | Totals. | No.of Days | ||||
| January | o 55.8 | o 27.6 | 28.2 | o 43.4 | 0 + 51 | Inches. 2.22 | 27 |
| February | 49.8 | 28.2 | 21.6 | 37.5 | —1.9 | 0.98 | 8 |
| March | 68.8 | 19.4 | 49.4 | 43.2 | + 2.1 | 1.62 | 13 |
| April | 65.0 | 32.8 | 32.2 | 45.6 | —1.3 | 1.58 | 17 |
| May | 77.8 | 41.2 | 36.6 | 54.8 | + 2.2 | 1.42 | 12 |
| June | 77.6 | 42.8 | 34.8 | 58.1 | —.0.2 | 2.51 | 16 |
| July | 76.8 | 47.4 | 29.4 | 59.5 | —2.7 | 3.31 | 16 |
| August | 81.4 | 41.4 | 40.0 | 59.3 | —2.1 | 2.06 | 13 |
| September | 78.0 | 40.6 | 37.4 | 59.5 | + 2.5 | 0.57 | 7 |
| October | 69.6 | 26.8 | 42.8 | 49.3 | —0.5 | 1.16 | 12 |
| November | 59.0 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 43.2 | —0.3 | 1.48 | 19 |
| December | 43.8 | 11.8 | 32.0 | 29.8 | —10.0 | 0.57 | 11 |
| Means | 67.0 | 32.4 | 34.6 | 48.6 | –0.6 | Totals. | |
| 19.48 | 164 | ||||||
* The rain-gauge is placed on a wall, and therefore registers less than it would do on the
ground, probably by 8 per cent., although it is well exposed