Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1894
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July.—The weather was warm up till the 7th, cooler from the
8th to the 24th, and warm again to the 31st of the month. The
atmospheric pressure was above the average until the 8th of the
month, below from this date till the 23rd, and above the average to
the 31st. As much as 3.08 inches of rain fell this month, the
number of rainy days being nineteen.
August.—The weather in this month was cold, dull and
unsettled. The daily temperature was below its average from
the 1st to the end of the month. The atmospheric pressure was
generally below its average from the 1st of August to the 26th
August, the mean daily deficiency being 0 07 inches. From the
27th to the end of the month it was above the average, the mean
daily excess being 0.12 inches. The rainfall for this month was
3.47 inches, seventeen days being wet.
September.—The weather this month was cold and dull, the
mean daily temperature being below its average until the 18th,
above its average from the 19th to the 25th, and below again until
the end of the month. The atmospheric pressure was below its
average from the 2nd to the 8th of the month, the daily deficiency
being 0.05 inches. From the 9th to the 21st it was above, the mean
excess being 0.21 inches, below again from 22nd to 26th, and above
the average to the end of the month, the mean daily excess being
0.43 inches. Eain to the quantity of 1.13 inches fell during the
month, the wet days being twelve.
October.—The weather of this month was dull and cold with
frequent rains, and the mean daily temperature of the air was
frequently below the average until the 24th, when it became warmer,
and continued so until the end of the month. The barometer
pressure was above its average until the 17th of the month, the
mean daily excess being 0.29 inches. From the 17th to the end
of the month the pressure was below its average, the mean
deficiency being 0.28 inches. Eain fell to the amount of 4.58 inches
during this month.