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Paddington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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TABLE 30. Meteorology and Vital Statistics in 1896.
| Quarters. | Years. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Second. | Third | Fourth. | |||||||||||||
| 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1894. | 1895. 1896. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1894 | 1895 | 1896. | |||
| Mean Temperature (F°) | 41.2 | 35.2 | 42.'4 | 53.2 | 54.8 | 54.8 | 55.5 | 62.3 | 60.0 | 46.7 | 45.9 | 42.7 | 49.1 | 49.5 | 49. 8 | |
| „ Daily Range „ | 12.9 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 19.4 | 20. 8 | 19.7 | 16.5 | 20.5 | 17.9 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 14..8 | 16. 1 | 14.6 | |
| „ Humidity (Saturation= 100). | 82 | 79 | 85 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 81 | 73 | 74 | 86 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 77 | 79 | |
| Total Rainfall (inches) | 5.38 | 3.21 | 4.28 | 4.57 | 2. 01 | 2.74 | 7.56 | 6.50 | 8.60 | 8.93 | 7.76 | 7.15 | 26.44 | 19.48 | 22.77 | |
| Percentage of Bright Sunshine | 26.6 | 15.7 | 12.4 | 27.7 | 32.9 | 31.0 | 23.5 | 30.6 | 25.4 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 23.6 | 27.5 | 22. 6 | |
| Mean Hourly Velocity of Wind (miles) | 15.4 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 12. 1 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11. 2 | |
| Sickness Rate * | 7.26 | 3.46 | 8.00 | 8.25 | 6.24 | 8.59 | 6.79 | 8.46 | 11.59 | 7.41 | 9.50 | 10.44 | 7.38 | 6.89 | 9.68 | |
| ♦ Death-rate | /All Causes | 17.29 | 24 .34 | 16. 66 | 14.85 | 14.98 | 16.04 | 14.62 | 15.78 | 14.01 | 14.09 | 14.50 | 14.80 | 15.06 | 17.09 | 15.34 |
| Seven principal Zymotic Diseases | 1.74 | 1.01 | 2.49 | 2. 24 | 0. 58 | 4.02 | 3. 46 | 3.36 | 2.77 | 1.35 | 1. 53 | 0.98 | 2. 35 | l.68 | 2. 54 | |
| Tubercular | 1.71 | 2.31 | 1.62 | 1.88 | 1.99 | 2 .19 | 1 98 | 1.50 | 1.58 | 1.81 | 1.69 | 1.67 | 1.50 | 1.88 | 147 | |
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 4.72 | 7.71 | 311 | 1.94 | 225 | 1.90 | 105 | 1.63 | 0.90 | 2. 37 | 2 31 | 2.87 | 2.46 | 341 | 2.20 | |
| Infantile Mortality | 135 | 163 | 144 | 122 | 127 | 133 | 174 | 209 | 234 | 111 | 157 | 120 | 135 | 164 | 155 | |
* Per 1,000 of estimated population.
† Per 1,000 Births registered.