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Stoke Newington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Meteorological Observations taken during the Year 1908, 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 Temperature of Air. | Rainfall. | Relative Humidity. Saturation. 100. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | Lowest | Mean. | |||||
| Of all Highest | Of all Lowest | ||||||
| ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ins. | ||
| January | 54 | 17 | 41.9 | 31.3 | 36.6 | 1.95 | 93 |
| February | 65 | 28 | 47.9 | 35.8 | 41.9 | 1.68 | 89 |
| March | 58 | 26 | 48.1 | 34.7 | 41.4 | 2.37 | 85 |
| April | 66 | 28 | 53.4 | 37.3 | 45.4 | 2.38 | 82 |
| May | 78 | 42 | 67.2 | 48.7 | 58.0 | 1.95 | 63 |
| June | 86 | 41 | 73.6 | 51.6 | 62.6 | 1.26 | 71 |
| July | 87 | 47 | 73.7 | 54.5 | 64.1 | 3.36 | 33 |
| August | 84 | 45 | 71.0 | 52. 5 | 61.8 | 2.94 | 82 |
| September | 79 | 39 | 66.4 | 49.0 | 57.7 | 1.27 | 86 |
| October | 79 | 33 | 62.4 | 47.3 | 54.9 | 1.95 | 93 |
| November | 59 | 23 | 52.6 | 41.1 | 46.9 | 0.69 | 90 |
| December | 53 | 14 | 44.2 | 36.4 | 40.3 | 1.89 | 91 |
NOTES UPON SANITARY WORK PERFORMED DURING
THE YEAR 1908.
It will be seen from the accompanying Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector that a large amount of sanitary work has been
performed during the year: 4,005 premises were inspected for