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Hackney 1905
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1905
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ABSTRACT OF CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
The following table, for which I am indebted to W. Marriott, Esq., Secretary to the Royal Meteorological Society, is an abstract of the Climatological observations made at St. Luke's, Old Street, E.C., for the year 1905.
| 1905. | Temperature. | Relative Humidity. | Amount of Cloud. | Rain. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means. | Extremes. | Amount, | No. of Days. | ||||||||
| 9a.m. | Min. | Max. | Range | Mean. | Min. | Max. | |||||
| o | o | o | o | o | o | o | % | in. | |||
| January | 39.5 | 35.5 | 44.5 | 9.0 | 40.0 | 22.9 | 54.5 | 84 | 5.8 | 1.ll | 6 |
| February. | 43.0 | 40.0 | 48.0 | 8.0 | 44.0 | 33.0 | 53.0 | 81 | 6.3 | .67 | 11 |
| March | 47.0 | 41.2 | 51.9 | 10.7 | 46.6 | 32.8 | 59.6 | 78 | 7.5 | 2.77 | 21 |
| April | 49.1 | 42.8 | 53.7 | 10.9 | 48.2 | 34 .0 | 62.8 | 74 | 8.1 | 1.58 | 19 |
| May | 56.6 | 47 .0 | 63.1 | 16.1 | 55.1 | 37.7 | 80.7 | 66 | 4.8 | .69 | 7 |
| June | 61.5 | 54.8 | 67.4 | 12.6 | 61.1 | 47.4 | 77.7 | 77 | 7.0 | 4.50 | 15 |
| July | 66.9 | 60.6 | 74.0 | 13.4 | 67.3 | 53.7 | 80.9 | 71 | 51 | .88 | 7 |
| August | 62.2 | 56.4 | 68.0 | 11.6 | 62.2 | 50.5 | 73.8 | 73 | 6.3 | 2.17 | 14 |
| September | 57.8 | 53.3 | 62.2 | 8.9 | 57.7 | 45.6 | 72.9 | 81 | 7.3 | 1.76 | 12 |
| October | 47.5 | 42.2 | 52.1 | 9.9 | 47.2 | 33.8 | 59.4 | 80 | 6.0 | .93 | 12 |
| November | 43.8 | 40.0 | 47.7 | 7.7 | 43.8 | 30.7 | 55.0 | 88 | 7.3 | 2.70 | 17 |
| December | 42.5 | 39.7 | 45.6 | 5.9 | 42.7 | 31.6 | 57.0 | 88 | 7.8 | .56 | 8 |
| Year | 51.5 | 46.1 | 56.5 | 10.4 | 51.3 | 22.9 | 80.9 | 78.4 | 6.6 | 20.32 | 149 |
I remain, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
J. KING.WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
May 10th, 1906. Medical Officer of Health.