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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Parish of St. Mary]
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October.—The weather was generally dry but dull ; the mean temperature
was above the average, and the rainfall was below.
November.—The weather was very similar to that of the preceding
month.
December.—The weather was very similar to that of November, but,
the rainfall was slightly above the average.
Meteorological Observations taken during the year 1897, at Camden
Square (by G. J. Symons, Esq., F.R.S.).
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. | Bain. | Relative Humidity. Saturation. 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | Lowest. | Mean. | No. of Days it fell. | Amnt. Collctd. | ||||
| Of all Highest | Of all Lowest. | |||||||
| January | 41.7 | 23.4 | 39.8 | 31.7 | 35.7 | 20 | 2.0 | 93 |
| February | 58.0 | 27.9 | 48.4 | 39.0 | 43.6 | 14 | 2.7 | 86 |
| March | 61.7 | 26.8 | 52.3 | 39.2 | 45.2 | 17 | 3.4 | 81 |
| April | 67.3 | 27.8 | 55.3 | 39.6 | 46.7 | 16 | 1.5 | 78 |
| May | 78.0 | 33.9 | 63.7 | 43.2 | 52.2 | 9 | 1.0 | 67 |
| June | 87.8 | 43.3 | 71.7 | 53.0 | 60.9 | 11 | 1.8 | 74 |
| July | 83.6 | 44.0 | 75.8 | 55.3 | 63.8 | 8 | 0.6 | 68 |
| August | 88.4 | 48.1 | 73.6 | 54.8 | 62.9 | 16 | 2.9 | 73 |
| September | 70.6 | 38.1 | 64.0 | 48.5 | 55.5 | 13 | 2.7 | 77 |
| October | 67.2 | 31.9 | 58.4 | 44.3 | 50.5 | 9 | 0.5 | 83 |
| November | 59.1 | 28.0 | 51.0 | 40.3 | 45.7 | 14 | 1.0 | 88 |
| December | 55.9 | 23.7 | 45.5 | 35.7 | 41.1 | 17 | 2.2 | 87 |