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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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ABSTRACT OF CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
The following table, for which I am indebted to W. Marriott, Esq., Secretary to the Royal Meteorological Society, is an abstract of the Climatological observations made at St. Luke's, Old Street, E.C., for the year 1906.
| 1906. | Temperature. | Relative Humidity. | Amount of Cloud. | Rain. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means. | Extremes. | Amount. | No. of Days. | ||||||||
| 9a.m. | Min. | Max. | Range | Mean. | Min. | Max. | |||||
| o | o | o | o | o | o | o | % | in. | |||
| January | 43.4 | 39.6 | 47.6 | 8.0 | 43.6 | 29.6 | 53.0 | 86 | 6.6 | 3.29 | 18 |
| February | 40.3 | 36.6 | 44.5 | 7.9 | 40.6 | 30.6 | 49.7 | 86 | 6.6 | 1.65 | 20 |
| March | 43.8 | 38.5 | 48.8 | 10.3 | 43.6 | 29.8 | 64.0 | 80 | 7.0 | 1.03 | 16 |
| April | 49.8 | 40.0 | 56.3 | 16.3 | 48.2 | 34.4 | 71.6 | 69 | 4.5 | .73 | 9 |
| May | 55.5 | 48.3 | 61.8 | 13.5 | 55.0 | 36.7 | 75.2 | 73 | 7.8 | 1.23 | 11 |
| June | 60.4 | 52.6 | 67.6 | 150 | 60.1 | 44.2 | 77.3 | 72 | 6.0 | 2.82 | 8 |
| July | 64.4 | 56.9 | 71.9 | 15.0 | 64.4 | 49.6 | 79.9 | 73 | 3.7 | .60 | 6 |
| August | 66.1 | 58.9 | 73.7 | 14.8 | 66.3 | 51.9 | 89.3 | 70 | 6.0 | .98 | 6 |
| September | 60.7 | 53.8 | 67.7 | 13.9 | 60.8 | 45.1 | 90.4 | 72 | 4.7 | 1.49 | 9 |
| October | 55.9 | 50.9 | 60.3 | 9.4 | 55.6 | 39.7 | 69.2 | 82 | 6.4 | 2.76 | 16 |
| November | 48.4 | 44.1 | 52.0 | 7.9 | 48.0 | 33.7 | 59.8 | 85 | 7.8 | 3.56 | 17 |
| December | 39.4 | 35.1 | 42.7 | 7.6 | 38.9 | 24.4 | 55.0 | 85 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 16 |
| Year | 52.3 | 46.3 | 57.9 | 11.6 | 52.1 | 24.4 | 90.4 | 77.8 | 6.3 | 22.14 | 152 |
I remain, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
J. KING.WARRY, m.d, d.P.h.,
May 9th, 1907. Medical Officer of Health.