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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.
| Summary of Meteorological Observations taken daily at 9 a.m. & 2 p.m. during the undermentioned "Weeks, at the Town Hall, Hackney. | Mean amount of cloud. | Deaths registered from Epidemic Disease in the week which is subsequent to the date given. | Deaths registered in the Week which is subsequent to the date given. | Excess or minus of temperature at Greenwich, in each week, when compared with mean for 43 Years | ||||||||||||||
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| 1857. | Barom. | Temperature of the Air. | Moisture. | "Wind. | Rain. | Ozone. | ||||||||||||
| Mean of Seven Observations, corrected for temperature, &c. | Absolute. | Average. | Mean Dew-point Temperature. | Mean degree of Humidity. (Saturation= 100). | Mean weight of a cubic foot of air. | General Direction. | Amount collected in each week. | Mean daily amount. | ||||||||||
| Week Ending | Highest. | Lowest. | Range. | Mean of Seven daily Maximums. | Mean of Seven daily Mini-mums. | Mean of Seven daily Ranges. | Adopted Mean Temperature. | |||||||||||
| Oct. 3 | inches. 29.962 | ° 69.2 | ° 46.0 | ° 23.2 | o 66 6 | ° 51.9 | ° 14.7 | ° 58.3 | ° 52.4 | 80 | 534.8 | S.W. | Inches. 0.24 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | ° + 4.6 |
| 10 | 29.458 | 63.6 | 42.6 | 21.0 | 60.6 | 45.3 | 15.3 | 51.8 | 46.6 | 82 | 533.0 | Variable. | 0.82 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 | 28 | -1.6 |
| 17 | 30064 | 64.8 | 47.2 | 17.6 | 62.7 | 49.7 | 13.0 | 55.4 | 50.1 | 83 | 539.6 | Variable. | 0.22 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | 25 | + 4.9 |
| 24 | 29.762 | 61.8 | 43.0 | 18.8 | 58.1 | 48.1 | 10.0 | 52.3 | 48.9 | 89 | 537.8 | Variable. | 3.05 | 1.0 | 9 | 6 | 22 | + 2.7 |
| 31 | 29.863 | 61.4 | 40.4 | 21.0 | 39.3 | 46.7 | 12.6 | 51.8 | 48.4 | 88 | 540.1 | Variable. | 0.32 | 0.1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | + 4.6 |
| Nov. 7 | 29.849 | 62.4 | 44.6 | 17.8 | 58.9 | 48.6 | 10.3 | 53.6 | 51.6 | 93 | 537.8 | N. E. | 0.52 | 0.2 | 10 | 3 | 25 | + 7.9 |
| 14 | 30.456 | 53.2 | 32.2 | 21.0 | 50.3 | 40.9 | 9.4 | 45.6 | 43.0 | 91 | 558.2 | N. E. | 0.05 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 4 | 28 | + 1.1 |
| 21 | 30.206 | 52.8 | 37.8 | 15.0 | 49.9 | 40.2 | 9.7 | 44.8 | 42.4 | 92 | 554.6 | EAST. | 0.00 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 | 35 | + 1.8 |
| 28 | 29.600 | 54.6 | 32.2 | 22.4 | 47.4 | 37.5 | 9.9 | 42.4 | 39.5 | 89 | 546.0 | Variable. | 0.80 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | 42 | + 0.4 |
| Dec. 5 | 29.958 | 56.6 | 36.0 | 20.6 | 51.4 | 40.1 | 11.3 | 46.4 | 42.6 | 87 | 548.2 | s. W. | 0.40 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | 27 | + 4.5 |
| 12 | 30.483 | 54.6 | 39.0 | 15.6 | 49.7 | 41.3 | 8.4 | 461 | 42.5 | 88 | 558.0 | s.w. | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | 43 | + 4.5 |
| 19 | 30.202 | 56.6 | 38.2 | 18.4 | 505 | 42.5 | 8.0 | 46.7 | 42.1 | 88 | 552.2 | s. w. | 0.16 | 0.0 | 8 | 5 | 21 | + 3.4 |
| 26 | 30.188 | 56.2 | 35.8 | 20.4 | 52.3 | 43.3 | 9.0 | 48.3 | 42.7 | 81 | 551.4 | 8. w. | 0.13 | 0 0 | 8 | 4 | 35 | + 9.6 |
| Jan. 2 | 30.450 | 47.2 | 31.6 | 15.6 | 44.5 | 33.9 | 10.6 | 39.4 | 36.0 | 88 | 565.4 | s.w. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10 | 7 | 40 | + 2.1 |
| Means | 30.032 | 58.2 | 39.0 | 192 | 54.4 | 43.6 | 108 | 48.8 | 44.9 | 87 | 546.9 | s. w. | 0 48 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 5 | 29 | + 3.4 |
Note.—All the Meteorological Instruments have been compared and certified by Mr. Glaisher. All the observations have been corrected
for error, diurnal range, &c., and reduced by Glaisher Tables, last editions.