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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 29. Observations taken at Camden Square.
| 1896. | Barometer. | Temperature. | Mean degree of Humidity, Saturation =100. | Wind. | Rainfall. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Readings (inches) | Range. | Mean of Air. | Mean Daily Range | Highest Reading. | Lowest Reading. | Relative proportion of | No. of days it fell. | Amount collected (inches). | ||||||
| N. | E. | S. | W. | |||||||||||
| Winter. | January | 30.229 | 1.415 | 41.0 | 8.9 | 52.7 | 28.0 | 89 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0.78 |
| February | 30.200 | 0.986 | 40.1 | 11.5 | 56.4 | 23.2 | 88 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0.30 | |
| March | 29.680 | 1.494 | 46.2 | 13.3 | 65.2 | 29.4 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 3.20 | |
| Spring. | April | 30.026 | 0.784 | 49.2 | 17.1 | 68 4 33.7 | 71 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 0.55 | |
| May | 30.101 | 0.592 | 54.6 | 22.0 | 78.9 36.1 | 66 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.14 | ||
| June | 29.816 | 0.772 | 62.8 | 21.2 | 85.1 41.1 | 71 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2.27 | ||
| Summer. | July | 29.894 | 0.552 | 64.5 | 22.3 | 88.7 | 47.7 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.03 | |
| August | 29.900 | 0.620 | 59.5 | 18.3 | 77.1 | 45.4 | 83 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1.92 | |
| September | 29.642 | 1.782 | 57.2 | 13.4 | 71.9 | 39.6 | 82 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 5.51 | |
| Autumn. | October | 29.599 | 1.290 | 46.4 | 13.1 | 62.9 | 29.2 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 3.05 |
| November | 30.000 | 1.371 | 40.5 | 11.1 | 50.3 | 25.4 | 85 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1.17 | |
| December | 29.653 | 1.781 | 40.1 | 10. 2 | 51.8 | 26.6 | 87 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 3.61 | |
| Year | 29.895 | 50.1 | 15.2 | 88.7 | 23.2 | 79 | 178 | 38 | 43 | †07 | 159 | 23.53 | ||