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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
Whitechapel 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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T able Q.— METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS.
| No. of Hours of Registered Bright Sunshine. | Mean of Degree of Humidity (saturation represented by 100). | Mean Reading of Barometer (in inches). | Mean Temperature (Fahrenheit). | Rainfall (in inches). | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich. | Lewes. | |||||
| 1 st Quarter | 118.9 | 235.6 | 82 | 26.69 | 37°7 | 3.56 |
| 2nd „ | 579.3 | 622.8 | 69 | 29.83 | 52°1 | 4.97 |
| 3rd „ | 458.2 | 569.1 | 77 | 29.82 | 59°7 | 6.06 |
| 4th | 126.5 | 203.9 | 88 | 29.73 | 43°0 | 8.03 |
| Total or Mean | 1282.9 | 1631.4 | 79 | 29.01 | 48° 1 | 22.62 |
Weekly Mean of direction of Wind = 18 weeks, variable; 3 weeks, North ; 5 weeks, N.E.; 2 weeks, E.; 2 weeks S.; 1 week, S.E.;
4 weeks, W. ; 18 weeks, S.W.