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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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TABLE I.
| 1858 | Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Moisture | Mean weight of a cubic foot of air. | Ozone | Rain | Deaths registered in the week which is subsequent to the date given. | Deaths registered in the week which is subsequent to the date given. | Excess of minus of temperature in each week, when compare with 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. | ||||||||||
| Week Ending | Highest | Lowest | Range | Mean of seven daily Maximums . | Mean of seven daily Mini mums. | Mean of seven daily Ranges. | Adopt. Mean Temperature | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inches. | 0 | ||||
| Oct. 9 | 29.800 | 66.6 | 36.0 | 30.6 | 6.1 | 44.9 | 16.2 | 52.4 | 42.1 | 68.5 | 538.0 | 0.52 | 0.1 | 5 | 29 | —0.4 |
| „ 16 | 29.850 | 67.0 | 39.0 | 28.0 | 61.2 | 46.4 | 14.8 | 52.2 | 46.3 | 80.8 | 539.8 | 0.20 | 0.0 | 5 | 32 | + 2.5 |
| „ 23 | 29.816 | 62.2 | 42.2 | 20.0 | 59.0 | 46.2 | 12.8 | 51.6 | 47.8 | 87.3 | 539.2 | 0.38 | 0.6 | 5 | 28 | + 2.2 |
| „ 30 | 30.230 | 57.6 | 34.0 | 23.6 | 54.2 | 41.8 | 12.4 | 47.5 | 43.0 | 83.7 | 552.0 | 0.26 | 0.2 | 6 | 38 | 0.0 |
| Nov. 6 | 30.321 | 52.8 | 30.6 | 22.2 | 51.0 | 37.6 | 13.4 | 43.8 | 39.2 | 84.0 | 558.0 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 8 | 38 | -2.7 |
| „ 15 | 301.90 | 50.2 | 29.0 | 21.2 | 46.6 | 32.6 | 14.0 | 39.4 | 35.0 | 82.8 | 560.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10 | 32 | —5.3 |
| „ 20 | 29.664 | 47.2 | 25.8 | 21.4 | 40.0 | 31.8 | 8.2 | 35.8 | 30.2 | 76.4 | 555.2 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 10 | 42 | —7.0 |
| „ 27 | 29.692 | 57.4 | 21.4 | 36.0 | 43.6 | 32.2 | 11.4 | 37.8 | 35.0 | 86.4 | 553.3 | 0.24 | 0.0 | 9 | 48 | -39 |
| Dec. 4 | 29.606 | 53.8 | 36.8 | 17.0 | 51.0 | 41.8 | 9.2 | 46.8 | 43.2 | 85.7 | 541.1 | 0.49 | 0.0 | 6 | 46 | + 4-.7 |
| „ 11 | 30.246 | 50.2 | 31.0 | 19.2 | 40.2 | 33.8 | 6.4 | 36.8 | 34.0 | 86.4 | 564.7 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 42 | —4.2 |
| „ 18 | 29.990 | 52.0 | 33.2 | 18.8 | 43.0 | 35.0 | 8.0 | 39.2 | 36.0 | 87.0 | 557.0 | 0.32 | 0.3 | 10 | 39 | —1.1 |
| „ 25 | 29.568 | 55.6 | 35.4 | 20.2 | 49.0 | 39.0 | 10.0 | 47.0 | 40.6 | 84.8 | 542.6 | 0.80 | 0.0 | 5 | 40 | + 6.5 |
| Jan 1 | 29.872 | 50.2 | 32.5 | 17.7 | 45.2 | 38.0 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 38.2 | 87.8 | 551.8 | 0.22 | 0.0 | 10 | 34 | + 4.4 |
| Means. | 29.910 | 55.6 | 32.8 | 22.8 | 49.6 | 38.8 | 11.1 | 43.9 | 39.3 | 83.2 | 550.3 | 0.26 | 0.1 | 7 | . 38 | + 0.3 |
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.