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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
Hackney 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE I.
| 1857. Week Ending | Barom. | Temperature of the Air. | Moisture. | Wind. | Ozone. | Rain. | Mean of amount of cloud. | Deaths from epidemic dieases in the week ehich is subquent to the date given. | Deaths in the week which is subsequent to the date given. | Excess or minus of temperature at greenwhich in each week ,when compared with mean for 43 years. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Seven Observations, corrected for temperature, &c. | Absolute. | Average. | Mean Dew-point Temperature. | Mean degree of Humidity (Saturation=l00). | Mean weight of a cubic foot of air. | Amount collected in each week. | Mean daily amount. | |||||||||||
| Highest. | Lowest. | Range. | Mean of Seven daily Maximums. | Mean of Seven daily Mini-mums. | Mean of Seven daily Ranges. | Adopted Mean Temperature. | ||||||||||||
| inches. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inches. | 0 | ||||||||
| July 4 | 29.779 | 90.2 | 52.8 | 37.4 | 72.4 | 56.0 | 16.4 | 63.0 | 51.9 | 67 | 528.8 | S.W. | 0.52 | 1.0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | + 1.0 |
| 11 | 29.833 | 76.8 | 46.2 | 30.6 | 69.6 | 52.6 | 17.0 | 59.7 | 49.9 | 70 | 531.2 | S. W. | 0.35 | 0.5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -20 |
| 18 | 30.052 | 85.2 | 53.2 | 32.0 | 82.7 | 57.3 | 25.4 | 67.8 | 54.5 | 62 | 527.2 | W. | 0.20 | 2.0 | 4 | 10 | 35 | + 6.3 |
| 25 | 29.917 | 83.4 | 55.6 | 27.8 | 79.9 | 59.2 | 20.7 | 67.8 | 54.4 | 62 | 523.5 | S. w. | 0.14 | 0.1 | 6 | 8 | 28 | + 6.7 |
| August 1 | 29.963 | 81.2 | 53.2 | 28.0 | 77.0 | 57.4 | 19.6 | 65.2 | 54.4 | 68 | 527.4 | S. W. | 0.35 | 1.0 | 6 | 13 | 27 | + 3.2 |
| 8 | 29.800 | 86.2 | 53.2 | 33.0 | 76.3 | 58.8 | 17.5 | 65.3 | 56.0 | 72 | 524.3 | S W. | 1.24 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | 37 | + 3.1 |
| 15 | 29.916 | 80.4 | 50.2 | 30.2 | 74.1 | 55.7 | 18.4 | 62.7 | 57.3 | 83 | 529.9 | S.W. | 2.36 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | 21 | + 2.1 |
| 22 | 29.995 | 79.6 | 52.2 | 27.4 | 74.1 | 56.0 | 18.1 | 63.2 | 54.4 | 74 | 530.6 | N. E. | 0.56 | 4.0 | 5 | 18 | 38 | + 4.2 |
| 29 | 30.080 | 83.8 | 51.8 | 32.0 | 78.4 | 57.8 | 20.7 | 67.2 | 54.6 | 64 | 526.4 | E. | 0.00 | 1.1 | 4 | 8 | 36 | + 71 |
| Sept. 5 | 29.735 | 82.6 | 47.6 | 35.0 | 70.7 | 53.8 | 16.9 | 61.1 | 55.7 | 82 | 527.4 | S. W. | 0.70 | 0.1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | + 1.8 |
| 12 | 29.631 | 72.2 | 54.0 | 18.2 | 68.8 | 55.6 | 13.2 | 61.0 | 54.5 | 79 | 525.9 | S W. | 2.08 | 0.1 | 7 | 3 | 21 | + 2.9 |
| 19 | 30.140 | 78.2 | 51.2 | 270 | 71.6 | 54.7 | 16.9 | 61.7 | 55.2 | 79 | 534.1 | S. W. | 0.30 | 0.2 | 6 | 3 | 29 | + 5.6 |
| 26 | 30.044 | 69.8 | 44.2 | 25.6 | 67.5 | 52.0 | 15.5 | 58.8 | 50.3 | 73 | 535.8 | Variable. | 0.34 | 1.1 | 7 | 7 | 25 | + 3.9 |
| Means | 29.917 | 80.7 | 51.2 | 29.5 | 74.1 | 55.9 | 18.2 | 63.4 | 54.1 | 72 | 528.6 | s. w. | 0.70 | 0.86 | 6.4 | 8 | 29 | + 3.5 |
Note.— All the Meteorological Instruments have been compared and certified by Mr. Glaisher. All the observations have been corrected
for error, for diurnal range, &c., and reduced by Glaisher Tables, last editions.