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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 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| 1858 Week Ending | Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Moisture | Mean weight of a cubic foot of air. | Rain | Ozone | Deaths registered from epidemic dieases in the week which is subsequent to the given. | Deaths registered in the week which is subsequent to the date given | Excess of minus of temperature in each week, when compared whitg=h mean for 43 years. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Seven Observations corrected | Absolute. | Average | Mean Dew.point Temperature | Mean degree of Humidity saturations 100 | Mean Weekly Amount. | Mean Daily Amount. | ||||||||||
| Highest | Lowest | Range | Mean of seven daily Maximums. | Mean of seven daily Mini mums. | Mean of seven daily Ranges.' | Adopt.. Mean Temperature | ||||||||||
| April 10 | 0 29.796 | 0 56.8 | 0 34.2 | 0 22.6 | o 48.9 | o 37.2 | o 11.7 | o 41.6 | o 36.1 | o 83.6 | 0 550.9 | Inches. 1.26 | 3.0 | 34 | 8 | 494.9 |
| 17 | 23 .971 | 73.0 | 28.2 | 44.8 | 57.3 | 39.1 | 18.2 | 46.6 | 38.5 | 74.2 | 548.5 | 0.20 | 2.4 | 31 | 6 | |
| 24 | 30.187 | 74.2 | 35.6 | 38.6 | 07.4 | 40.7 | 26.7 | 52.6 | 43.3 | 70.5 | 545.5 | 0.00 | 1.6 | 27 | 2 | + 5.8 |
| May 1. | 29.098 | 63.6 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 57.1 | 41.7 | 15.4 | 48.1 | 42.8 | 81.6 | 542.7 | 0.96 | 0.6 | 33 | 8 | -1.5 |
| 8 | 29.920 | 63.0 | 34.6 | 28.4 | 58.2 | 38.1 | 20.1 | 46.0 | 37.0 | 71.8 | 548.3 | 0.26 | 1.0 | 98 | 6 | -5.8 |
| 15 | 29.803 | 63.2 | 38.2 | 28.0 | 61.7 | 41.8 | 19.9 | 49.9 | 42.4 | 75.2 | 541.6 | 0.55 | 0.3 | 19 | 3 | -1.9 |
| 22 | 29.940 | 09.8 | 44.6 | 25.2 | 65.0 | 47.6 | 17.4 | 54.7 | 43.9 | 66.5 | 537.3 | 0.24 | 0.4 | 24 | 6 | + 1.6 |
| 29____ | 30.012 | 74.2 | 43.6 | 30.0 | 64.8 | 47.8 | 17.0 | 53.7 | 45.0 | 72.3 | 540.9 | 1.33 | 0.4 | 29 | 4 | -0.9 |
| June 5 | 30.037 | 84.0 | 53.0 | 31.0 | 79.0 | 56.5 | 22.5 | 65.6 | 51.9 | 61.0 | 528.8 | 1.04 | 1.4 | 24 | 6 | + 9.6 |
| 12 | 29.928 | 81.4 | 51.6 | 29.8 | 76.8 | 55.0 | 21.8 | 64.2 | 54.4 | 72.1 | 528.8 | 0.08 | 1.6 | 28 | 6 | + 6.2 |
| ,, 19 | 29.926 | 93 4 | 51.0 | 42.4 | 82.6 | 57.6 | 25.0 | 69.4 | 57.8 | 65.0 | 522.2 | 0.00 | 0.6 | 29 | 6 | + 85 |
| 26 | 30.196 | 85.0 | 51.0 | 34.0 | 79.2 | 54.8 | 24.4 | 65.1 | 49.9 | 60.0 | 533.1 | 008 | 0.7 | 22 | 5 | + 4.3 |
| July 3 | 30 .053 | 774 | 48.6 | 28.8 | 70.6 | 51.9 | 18.7 | 59.1 | 45.3 | 59.4 | 637.9 | 0.08 | 2.0 | 27 | 10 | -2.8 |
| Means. | 29.959 | 73.9 | 42.5 | 31 4 | 66 8 | 469 | 19'9 | 55*1 | 45 3 | 70.2 | 539 0 | 0.47 | 1.2 | 27 | 6 | + 1.6; |
Note.—All the Meteorological Instruments have been compared and certified by Mr. Glaisher. All the Observations have been corrected for error,
range, &c., and reduced by Glaishev Tables, last editions.