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Hackney 1909
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1909
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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 1909.
| 1909. | Temperature. | Rain. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means. | Extremes. | Relative Humidity. | Amount of Cloud. | Amount | No. of Days. | ||||||
| 9 a.m. | Min. | Max. | Range | Mean. | Min. | Max. | |||||
| o | o | o | o | o | o | o | % | in. | |||
| January | 38.8 | 35.7 | 43.4 | 7.7 | 39.6 | 23.7 | 51.0 | 86 | 7.5 | 0.71 | 11 |
| February | 30.8 | 33.1 | 43.8 | 10.7 | 38.5 | 28.0 | 55.5 | 84 | 8.9 | 0.39 | 5 |
| March | 39.7 | 35.9 | 44.5 | 8.6 | 40.2 | 25.1 | 59.5 | 85 | 8.9 | 2.51 | 25 |
| April | 50.6 | 43.1 | 58.6 | 15.5 | 50.9 | 32.4 | 69.9 | 70 | 4.8 | 1.86 | 11 |
| May | 55.8 | 46.0 | 63.1 | 17.1 | 54.6 | 36.1 | 80.2 | 64 | 3.9 | 1.37 | 8 |
| June | 54.1 | 50.2 | 60.4 | 10.2 | 55.3 | 44.0 | 69.3 | 79 | 8.4 | 3.77 | 17 |
| July | 60.6 | 54.9 | 67.4 | 12.5 | 61.2 | 47.3 | 75.0 | 74 | 7.4 | 3.04 | 20 |
| August | 62.4 | 56.7 | 70.3 | 13.6 | 63.5 | 47.8 | 83.7 | 73 | 5.8 | 1.38 | 9 |
| September | 55.2 | 51.2 | 61.1 | 9.9 | 56.2 | 44.1 | 68.8 | 84 | 7.2 | 2.29 | 18 |
| October | 53.9 | 49.8 | 58.2 | 8.4 | 54.0 | 34.3 | 65.0 | 84 | 7.9 | 3.58 | 23 |
| November | 42.0 | 38.9 | 47.4 | 8.5 | 43.2 | 33.0 | 54.5 | 85 | 7.7 | 0.60 | 7 |
| December | 41.3 | 37.8 | 45.8 | 8.0 | 41.8 | 28.9 | 54.0 | 87 | 8.9 | 2.16 | 21 |
| Year | 49.3 | 44.4 | 55.3 | 10.9 | 49.9 | 23.7 | 83.7 | 79.6 | 7.3 | 23.66 | 175 |
I remain, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
J. KING-WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.