London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of London 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]
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| Quarter ending | Temperature. | Humidity Saturation = 100. | Rainfall. | Number of Wet Days. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866. | Averages of 9 yrs. | 1860. | Averages of 9 yrs. | 1866. | Averages of 9 yrs. | 1866. | Averages of 9 yrs. | |
| Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Inches. | Inches. | No. | No. | |
| December | 48.3 | 47.7 | 89 | 84 | 5.86 | 6.17 | 42 | 41 |
| March | 40.7 | 41.4 | 86 | 84 | 6.11 | 4.93 | 42 | 40 |
| June | 54.0 | 54.3 | 71 | 75 | 5.94 | 6.05 | 48 | 41 |
| September | 60.8 | 61.8 | 72 | 74 | 8.32 | 6.54 | 34 | 41 |
| Yearly Average | 509 | 51.3 | 79 | 79 | 6.56 | 5.92 | 41 | 41 |
so that while the temperature has been generally
a little below the average, the rainfall has been a
little above it; and the amount of moisture in the
air, and number of wet days have been exactly the
mean proportion for the last nine years.
The particulars of the Sanitary work for the
year will be found in Table No. VII of the
Appendix. Broadly, it may be stated that the four
Sanitary Officers have inspected 22,447 houses in
the year, and have found 4,113 of them more or
less defective in their sanitary condition, for the
amendment of which 6,057 orders have been issued
and complied with. The inspector of shipping,
appointed to carry out the instructions of the