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Paddington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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6 meteorology.
The following estimates of the population of the Borough of Paddington, as now constituted,
are from the Summary Tables of the Census of 1901.
Borough of Paddington.
1851 48,415 1881 120,118
1861 78,547 1891 135,955
1871 99,404 1901 143,976
The figures for the five censal years, 1851-91 are estimates, those for 1901 are from the
Census itself. The rates of increase for the inter-censal periods were:—
1851-61 62.2% 1871-81 20.8 % 1891-1901 5.9%
1861-71 26.5% 1881-91 13.1%
METEOROLOGY. In the appended table* will be found the results of observations taken at the Royal Botanical Gardens. The records kept there give a better account of the weather conditions prevailing at Paddington than do those taken at Greenwich.
| Month. | Means at 8 a.m. | Extreme Temperatures. | Rain. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer reduced to sea level | Thermometer. | Shade. | Max Sun. | Min. Grass. | Total Depth. | No. of Days. | Sunshine (bright). | Number of Days Sunshine. | ||||||
| Dry Bulb. | Wet Bulb. | Maximum. | Minimum. | |||||||||||
| January | Inches. 30.15 | Deg. 40.2 | Deg. 38.3 | Deg. 52 5 | Date. 10th | Deg. 24.0 | Date. 14th | Deg. 71.2 | Deg. 18.0 | In. 0.70 | 10 | h. 31 | m. 15 | 16 |
| February | 29.90 | 34.4 | 33.0 | 51.8 | 28th | 20.0 | 15th & 20th | 79.0 | 9.0 | 1.15 | 11 | 33 | 50 | 14 |
| March | 29.87 | 43.6 | 41.4 | 60.0 | 31st | 30.0 | 6th | 102.5 | 24.0 | 1.92 | 13 | 54 | 06 | 20 |
| April | 29.94 | 48.0 | 43.6 | 67.1 | 19th | 30.0 | Cth | 110.0 | 21.0 | 0.43 | 8 | 98 | 21 | 25 |
| May | 29.98 | 50.7 | 461 | 70.0 | 27th | 32.2 | 13th | 122.0 | 24.0 | 2.43 | 24 | 149 | 42 | 27 |
| June | 29.95 | 601 | 54.8 | 81.2 | 29th | 39.2 | 9th | 124.0 | 31.0 | 3.13 | 15 | 146 | 33 | 24 |
| July | 3004 | 62.4 | 57.0 | 84.5 | 15th | 44.5 | 11th | 124.0 | 37.2 | 1.17 | 11 | 183 | 09 | 26 |
| August | 29.94 | 60.9 | 57.1 | 77.0 | 29th | 44.0 | 10th | 124.0 | 41.0 | 3.22 | 18 | 105 | 45 | 29 |
| September | 30.07 | 56.5 | 58.2 | 73.0 | 22nd | 40.0 | 18th | 116.5 | 34.0 | 0.86 | 9 | 128 | 06 | 29 |
| October | 29.97 | 49.9 | 47.2 | 63.5 | 10th | 35.0 | 18th | 98.0 | 29.0 | 1.46 | 17 | 39 | 31 | 18 |
| November | 29.90 | 44.8 | 43.4 | 58.5 | 6&7th | 29.0 | 20th | 84.0 | 24.0 | 1.74 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 13 |
| December | 30.05 | 41.4 | 38.9 | 56.0 | 17th | 25.0 | 4th | 71.0 | 20.0 | 1.48 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 10 |
| Totals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.75 | 159 | 1,017 | 05 | 251 |
| Means | 29.98 | 49.4 | 40.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| Highest | — | — | — | 84.5 | July | — | — | 124.0 | — | — | — | - | - | |
| Lowest | — | - | — | — | — | 20.0 | Feb. | — | 9.0 | - | — | - | — | |
*The table appeared in The Times of 3rd or 4th January last.