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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
Islington 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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METEOROLOGY OF FEBRUARY.
| Thermometers 4 feet from ground. | Degree of Atmospheric Humidity, Saturation being represented by 100. | Rain in inches, read at 9 a.m., Collected on the ground. | Number of days on which Rain fell in appreciable quantity. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Daily Values. | Mean of Highest Temperatures. | Mean of Lowest Temperatures. | Mean Daily Range of Temp. | ||||
| Week ending Feb. 6th | 49.9° | 54.5° | 45.6° | 8.9° | 87 | 0.54 | 4 |
| ,, „ 13th | 48.7º | 52.1º | 45.4° | 85 | 0.97 | 6 | |
| ,, „ 20th | 45.8º | 50.3° | 42.7° | 86 | 0.22 | 2 | |
| „ „ 27th | 41.70º | 47.0° | 37.3° | 9.7° | 82 | 0.66 | 4 |
| Means. | 46.5° | 50.9° | 42.7° | 8.2° | 85 | Sum. 2.39 | Sum. 16 |
The highest day temperature, observed on February 5th, was 59.0°.
The lowest night temperature, observed on February 13th, was 33.0°.
Range of temperature during the month, 26.0°.
High wind on January 31st, February 1st, 7th, 8th, and 9th.
Snow fell on February 22nd.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
March 12th, 1869.