[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 77

Wandsworth 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE III. METEROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1879. (Deduced, from Observations at Greenwich under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables,furnished to the Registrar General by James Glashier, Esq., F.R.S.)

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TABLE III. METEROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1879. (Deduced, from Observations at Greenwich under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables,furnished to the Registrar General by James Glashier, Esq., F.R.S.)

Winter Jan., Feb., March. Spring April, May, June. Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec.	Temperature of									Elastic Force of Vapour.		Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air.		Degree of Humidity,		Reading of Barometer.		Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air.		Rain.		Residing of Thermometer on Grass.
	Air.			Evaporation.		Dew Point.		Air— Daily Range.		Elastic Force of Vapour.		Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air.		Degree of Humidity,		Reading of Barometer.		Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air.		Rain.		Number of Nights it was			Lowest Reading at Night.	Highest Heading at Night.
	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 108 Years.	Diff. from Average of 38 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 38 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 38 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 38 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 38 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 38 Years.	Mean (Sat°=100).	Diff. from Average of 38 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 38 Years.	Mean.	Diff, from Average of 38 Years.	Amount.	Diff. from Average of 64 Years.	At or below 30°.	Between 30° and 40°.	Above 40°.	Lowest Reading at Night.	Highest Heading at Night.
1879.	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	in.	in.	grs.	gr.			in.	in.	grs.	grs.	in.	in.		Sums.		o	o
YEAR	46.2	—2.4	—3.3	43.9	—2.6	41.2	—24	13.6	—2.3	3.274	—0.022	3.1	—0.2	83	+2	29.770	—0.002	545	+4	31.3	+6.0	109	108	148	13.7	58.5
First Quarter	37.1	—1.7	—2.8	35.2	—2.8	32.3	—3.2	9.9	—2.0	0.184	—0.024	2.1	—0.3	82	+2	29.674	—0.091	554	+2	7.0	+2.0	48	38	4	18.7	44.9
Second do	49.5	—2.8	—3.5	46.4	—2.7	43.1	—2.4	17.3	—2.7	0.284	—0.024	3.2	—0.3	79	+3	29.665	—0.120	540	+1	10.3	+4.5	16	37	38	24.0	56.6
Third do	58.1	—1.6	—2.2	55.6	—0.7	53.3	+0.4	16.1	—3.3	0.408	+0.004	4.6	—0.0	84	+7	29.701	—0.098	530	+1	11.7	+4.4	0	3	89	36.0	58.5
Fourth do	39.9	—3.7	—4.6	38.4	—4.2	36.3	—4.4	11.1	—0.8	0.221	—0.039	2.6	—0.4	87	0	30.042	+0.300	557	+11	2.3	+4.9	45	30	17	13.7	50.0
In this Table, + and — respectively signify that the numbers in the preceding column are above or below the average to the extent of the quantities to which these signs are prefixed.