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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
Stoke Newington 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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with strong winds and gales accompanying them, but as a rule
the rainfall was slight throughout the country. Cold prevailed
in all districts in the opening and closing days, with very sharp
frosts at night. The middle period was rather mild and open.
Pressure was below the average; the winds were very variable;
temperature was nearly everywhere below the normal; rainfall
was in deficiency; and so also was the duration of bright sunshine.
Meteorological Observations taken during the Year 1903, at Camden Square
(by H. S. Wallis, Esq.).
The observations have been reduced to mean values by Glaisher's Barometrical and Diurnal Range Tables, and the Hygrometrical results from the Sixth Edition of his Hygrometrical Tables.
| Month. | Temperature of Air. | Mean Tem-p'rature of Air | Rain. | Relative Humility. Saturation. 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | Lowest. | Mean. | No. of Days it fell. | Amnt. Collctd | ||||
| Of all Highest | Of all Lowest. | |||||||
| º | º | º | º | º | ins. | |||
| January | 53.8 | 221 | 45.2 | 36.0 | 40.9 | 17 | 2.15 | 91 |
| February | 59.0 | 25.7 | 50.8 | 39.9 | 44.8 | 10 | 0.83 | 86 |
| March | 67.9 | 29.9 | 53.9 | 39.5 | 46.1 | 18 | 2.30 | 79 |
| April | 61.1 | 27.8 | 53.6 | 37.1 | 45.1 | 13 | 2.14 | 74 |
| May | 80.9 | 34.9 | 65.1 | 45.8 | 54.5 | 17 | 2.99 | 75 |
| June | 85.9 | 39.7 | 67.5 | 48.6 | 57.1 | 10 | 6.43 | 76 |
| July | 87.2 | 45.2 | 73.1 | 54.5 | 62.7 | 13 | 5.20 | 72 |
| August | 80.6 | 45.4 | 70.1 | 52.4 | 60.3 | 18 | 4.24 | 75 |
| September | 83.7 | 38.1 | 67.6 | 50.7 | 57.7 | 14 | 2.64 | 83 |
| October | 67.4 | 36.0 | 591 | 47.8 | 52.8 | 26 | 6.03 | 87 |
| November | 57.2 | 29.9 | 50.2 | 39.7 | 44.6 | 12 | 1.86 | 89 |
| December | 52.3 | 26.1 | 42.6 | 35.5 | 39.0 | 12 | 1.30 | 93 |