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Newington 1899

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London

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Table: TABLE 20.METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1899.(Deduced from Observations at Greenwich under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables furnished to the Registrar-General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.)

TABLE 20.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1899.

(Deduced from Observations at Greenwich under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables furnished to the Registrar-General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.)

Winter Jan., Feb., March. Spring April, May, June. Summer July, Aug., 8ept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec.Temperature ofElastic Force of Vapour.Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air.Degree of Humidity.Reading of Barometer.Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air.Rain.Reading of Thermometer on Grass.
Air.Evaporation.Dew Point.Air-Daily Range.No. of Nights it wasLowest Reading at Night.Highest Reading at Night.
Mean.Diff. from Average of 126 years.Diff. from Average of 56 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 56 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 56 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 56 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 56 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 56 years.Mean (Satn.=100),Diff. from Average of 56 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 56 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 56 years.Amount.Diff. from Average of 82 years.At or below 30°Between 30° and 40°Above 40°
1898°°°°°°°°°in.in.grs.gr.in.in.grs.grs.Sums.Sums.°°
YEAR.50.6+1.9+1.346.8+0.343.0-0.515.90.0.286-.0073.3-0.177-529.820+.044541-1in 22.34in. -2.5010812213511.060.7
Winter Qtr.41.8+2.9+2.039.3+1.436.1+0.913.3+1.6.213+.0072.5+0.182-229.766-.010550-35.07+0.1550301011.047.7
Spring do.52.8+0.4-0.248.2-0.943.7-1.518.2-1.8.288-.0183.3-0.273-429.796+.01253805.41-0.2019383424.953.8
Summer do.63.0+3.3+2.857.1+0.852.2-0.819.9-0.3.393-.0104.4-0.268-929.836+.042528-34.32-2.901167529.160.7
Autumn do.44.7+1.0+0.442.5-0.139.9-0.712.1+0.4.251-.0062.9-0.284-529.882+.131549+27.54+0.4538381615.752.3
In this Table, + and—respectively signify that the numbers in the preceding column are above or below the average to the amount of the quantities to which these signs are affixed.

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GEORGE MILLSON.