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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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TABLE VII. Meteorological Observations at Greenwich. From the Weekly Returns of the Registrar-General.
| Quarters. | Years. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1896. | 1895. | 1894. | |
| Barometer. —Mean | 29.979 | 29.929 | 29.754 | 29.684 | 29.836 | 29.745 | 29.796 |
| Total Oscillation | 17.08 | 12.05 | 16.25 | 27.58 | 72.96 | 71.58 | 73.05 |
| Thermometer—Mean | 42.4 | 54.8 | 60.0 | 42.7 | 49.79 | 49.5 | 49.1 |
| Absolute Maximum | 67.7 | 86.7 | 91.1 | 65.0 | 911 | 87.3 | 86.0 |
| „ Minimum | 24.3 | 33.2 | 40.3 | 26.5 | 24.3 | 6.9 | 12.8 |
| Mean Daily Range | 10.4 | 19.7 | 17.9 | 10.6 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 14.8 |
| Sunshine.—Hours recorded | 111.7 | 427.9 | 337.0 | 141.8 | 1,018.4 | 1,225.4 | 1,051.6 |
| "Possible" Record | 899.8 | 1,380.3 | 1,325.5 | 898.4 | 4,504.0 | 4,447.2 | 4,446.2 |
| Per cent. of "Possible" recorded | 12.4 | 31.0 | 25.4 | 15.7 | 22.6 | 27.5 | 23.6 |
| No. of days of record | 49 | 79 | 80 | 56 | 264 | 276 | 268 |
| Humidity.—Mean | 85 | 71 | 74 | 86 | 79 | 77 | 81 |
| Rainfall, &c.—Total | 4.28 | 2.74 | 8.60 | 7.15 | 22.77 | 19.48 | 26.44 |
| No. of days of fall | 37 | 29 | 46 | 61 | 163 | 156 | 194 |
| „ „ Snow | 2 | — | — | 5 | 7 | 28 | 5 |
| with Fog | 16 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 43 | 52 | 55 |
| „ „ Thunder | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 19 |
| „ „ Lightning | 1 | 4 | 11 | — | 16 | 17 | 9 |
| „ „ Hail | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Hoar frost observed | 11 | 5 | — | 24 | 40 | 29 | 23 |
| Wind.—Mean direction | S.W. | N.E. | W.N.W. | S.W. | S.W. | S.W. | S.W. |
| Mean Hourly Velocity | 11.9 | 104 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.3 |
| No. of observations of calm | 8 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 39 | » |