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Hackney 1907
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1907
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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 1907.
| 1907. | Temperature. | Relative Humidity. | Amount of Cloud. | Rain. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means. | Extremes. | Amount. | No. of Days. | ||||||||
| 9a.m. | Min. | Max. | Range | Mean. | Min. | Max. | |||||
| January | o 39.6 | o 36.4 | o 43.7 | o 7.3 | o 40.1 | o 23.0 | o 51.3 | % 86 | 7.1 | in. .80 | 8 |
| February | 37.6 | 34.3 | 42.6 | 8.3 | 38.4 | 26.7 | 51.9 | 86 | 8.1 | .93 | 9 |
| March | 44.0 | 38.3 | 53.4 | 15.1 | 45.9 | 30.9 | 67.6 | 78 | 6.9 | .73 | 12 |
| April | 47.5 | 42.0 | 54.7 | 12.7 | 48.3 | 34.2 | 71.6 | 79 | 7.4 | 2.79 | 17 |
| May | 54.6 | 47.6 | 61.0 | 13.4 | 51.3 | 38.0 | 81.1 | 73 | 7.5 | 1.46 | 15 |
| June | 57.6 | 51.9 | 63.8 | 11.9 | 57.9 | 46.0 | 74.2 | 75 | 7.6 | 1.63 | 13 |
| July | 59.0 | 53.1 | 66.0 | 12.9 | 59.5 | 46.0 | 76.2 | 78 | 6.9 | 1.27 | 10 |
| August | 60.4 | 54.6 | 67.5 | 12.9 | 61.1 | 49.0 | 75.4 | 79 | 7.0 | 1.62 | 12 |
| September | 57.7 | 52.4 | 66.8 | 14.4 | 59.6 | 41.0 | 77.7 | 82 | 6.7 | .76 | 7 |
| October | 52.5 | 48.3 | 57.5 | 9.2 | 52.9 | 38.8 | 65.5 | 86 | 7.6 | 2.06 | 18 |
| November | 45.9 | 41.9 | 51.1 | 9.2 | 46.5 | 33.7 | 59.5 | 89 | 8.8 | 1.86 | 10 |
| December | 42.8 | 39.6 | 46.6 | 7.0 | 43.1 | 33.0 | 56.0 | 87 | 8.7 | 3.03 | 14 |
| Year | 49.9 | 45.0 | 56.2 | 11.2 | 50.6 | 23.0 | 81.1 | 81.5 | 7.5 | 18.94 | 145 |
I remain, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
J. KING-WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
June 18th, 1908. Medical Officer of Health.