Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1899
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Compiled from Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
1899. MONTHS. | Mean Reading of the Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Rain. | ||||||||
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Highest by Day. | Lowest by Night. | Range in Month. | Mean of all Highest. | Mean of all Lowest. | Mean daily range. | Mean for the month. | Departure from average of 128 years: 1771—1898. | Number of days it fell. | Amount Collected. | ||
ins. | º | º | º | º | º | º | º | º | Ins. | ||
January | 29.665 | 55.3 | 29.3 | 26.0 | 47.5 | 37.5 | 10.0 | 42.7 | + 6.0 | 18 | 2.53 |
February | 29.732 | 63.9 | 21.9 | 42.0 | 48.3 | 35.7 | 12.6 | 41.9 | + 3.1 | 12 | 1.93 |
March | 29.911 | 61.2 | 20.3 | 40.9 | 49.9 | 32.5 | 17.4 | 40.8 | —0.4 | 10 | 0.61 |
April | 29.652 | 64.1 | 30.7 | 33.4 | 54.7 | 40.2 | 14.5 | 46.7 | + 0.5 | 20 | 3.00 |
May | 29.847 | 72.7 | 33.7 | 39.0 | 60.5 | 42.2 | 18.3 | 50.9 | —1.7 | 12 | 1.65 |
June | 29.890 | 81.5 | 42.1 | 39.4 | 72.0 | 50.3 | 21.7 | 60.7 | + 2.3 | 6 | 0.76 |
July | 29.900 | 88.5 | 49.2 | 39.3 | 76.9 | 56.2 | 20.7 | 65.7 | + 4.0 | 8 | 1.74 |
August | 29.918 | 90.0 | 47.2 | 42.8 | 77.1 | 55.7 | 21.4 | 65.7 | + 4.8 | 6 | 0.35 |
September | 29.689 | 87.3 | 37.1 | 50.2 | 67.4 | 49.7 | 17.7 | 57.7 | + 1.1 | 15 | 2.23 |
October | 29.898 | 63.6 | 31.2 | 32.4 | 57.5 | 41.5 | 16.0 | 49.1 | —0.4 | 10 | 2.34 |
November | 30.019 | 62.0 | 28.9 | 33.1 | 53.0 | 42.3 | 10.7 | 48.1 | + 5.5 | 9 | 3.73 |
December | 29.730 | 54.9 | 19.3 | 35.6 | 41.4 | 31.9 | 9.5 | 37.0 | —2.1 | 15 | 1.47 |
Means | 29.820 | 70.4 | 32.6 | 37.8 | 58.9 | 43.0 | 15.9 | 50.6 | + 1.9 | 141 sum. | 22.34 sum. |
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