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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 28. From observations taken at Greenwich.
| 1896. | Barometer. | Temperature, Degrees Fahrenheit. | Humidity of Air. | Rainfull. | Sunshine. | Relative proportion | Hourly Velocity. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Air. | Daily Range. | On Grass, No. of nights record at | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mean (Corrected) inches. | Diff. from Average (55). | Mean. | Diff. from Average (55). | Mean. | Diff. from Average (55). | 30? or le»s. | 3°0 to 40°. | 40° or over. | Mean. | Diff. from Average | (55.) | Total amount measured (inches).t | Diff. from Average (81). | Total recordod (hours). * | Diff. from Average (10). | N. | E. | S. | w. | Mean. | Diff. from Average (10). | ||
| Autumn. Summer. Spring. Winter. | 30 173 | +.413 | 40.5 | +2.3 | 8.9 | -1.3 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 90 | + 3 | 0.64 | -1.22 | 111.7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11. 9 | |||
| February | 30152 | +.349 | 40. 3 | +11 | 10. 3 | -0.8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 86 | + 2 | 0.35 | -1.19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| March | 29641 | -.109 | 45. 7 | +4.1 | 13. 4 | -1.4 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 82 | + 1 | 3.00 | +1.48 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||||
| April | 29976 | +.229 | 48.6 | +1.6 | 16. 3 | 2.2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 74 | -5 | 0.56 | -1.14 | 427.9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10. 4 | |||
| May | 30046 | +.259 | 54.8 | +2.1 | 21.6 | +1.0 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 66 | -12 | 0. 27 | -1.75 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| June | 29766 | -048 | 63. 4 | +4.4 | 21.8 | +0.7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 68 | -6 | 1. 94 | o.oo | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| July | 29843 | +.054 | 65.2 | +3.2 | 22. 8 | +2.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 62 | -13 | 1. 07 | -1.53 | . 337.0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10. 6 | |||
| August | 29.848 | + .068 | 59.2 | 17. 3 | -2. 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 76 | -1 | 2 06 | -0 32 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| September | 29. 592 | -.218 | 56.7 | -0.4 | 13. 3 | -5.0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 85 | + 4 | 5. 54 | +3.24 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||||
| October | 29 557 | -.154 | 46. 5 | -3. 2 | 12. 8 | -1.7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 87 | -2 | 2.80 | -0.01 | 141.8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 122 | |||
| November | 29. 958 | +.215 | 40. 6 | -3 0 | 9.8 | -1.5 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 84 | -7 | 1.19 | -1. 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | |||||
| December | 29.611 | -1. 81 | 40.2 | +0 5 | 8. 2 | -1.2 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 89 | 0 | 3.00 | +1.04 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Year | 29.847 | +.073 | 50. 1 | +0.9 | 14. 7 | -1.2 | 53 | 141 | 172 | 79 | -3 | 22. 42 | -2 .56 | 1018** | -216 | 99 | 65 | 85 | 117 | 11.2 | 11.5 | |
† Rain fell on 161 days.
* From Weekly Returns.
** From Annual Summary, 1896.