Report to the Right Hon. Lord Panmure, G.C.B., &c., Minister at War, of the proceedings of the Sanitary Commission dispatched to the seat of war in the East, 1855-56 / presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, March 1857.

  • United Kingdom. Sanitary Commission (1855-1856)
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1857
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Credit: Report to the Right Hon. Lord Panmure, G.C.B., &c., Minister at War, of the proceedings of the Sanitary Commission dispatched to the seat of war in the East, 1855-56 / presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, March 1857. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Climate.—Monthly Means. results from which to judge of the effect likely to be produced by the climate on the health of the troops. Observations were kept irregularly by various persons in Balaklava, but there was no regular series except those kept at the Castle Hospital by Drs. Jephson and Matthew. The instruments made use of were an aneroid barometer, a maxi- mum and minimum thermometer, a wet and dry bulb thermometer, by ^Jegretti and Zambra, a sun thermometer, and an air thermometer. The instruments were placed on the north side of one of the huts, about 320 feet above the sea, and overhanging it. From this circumstance, and from partial observations elsewhere, it is probable that the Castle Hospital observations represent a sea climate rather than a land climate; that the mean temperature in the close land- locked harbour of Balaklava, with its overhanging mountain slopes -. eflecting the sun's rays, was higher than at the Castle Hospital, at least during summer; and that the extremes of heat and cold, as well as of dryness, were greater on the plateau before Seba.stopol. The foUowing table gives the monthly means and rano-es from AprU 1, 1855, to May 31, 1856, as deduced f^^ni the observations kept at the Castle Hospital, Balaklava Month. 1655. April Jfay Junet July August September ... October November ..., December .... 1356. January February, March April May flnys. Barom. Mean. Barom. Range. Mean Temp Mean Daily Range Mean Max. Mean Min. Blean Dry. Jfean Wet. Mean Sun Temp Days ol' Sun- shine. Inches. Inches. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. 29'463 •962 50^3 21-3 64^1 40-7 57-0 50-0 OS^I 22 •544 •748 62-9 23^2 74^8 51-3 [64^e* 68-5» 8I^0 29 •624 •480 71-2 23^9 88'6 69^8 96-4 29 •543t •474t 73^]§ 22'9§ 84-7§ 62^2§ 76'8|| 67'9|| 9ya§ 29 •574 •385 73^0 22-5 84^5 6^5 76'0 68^0 10^5 28 •634 •535 58^6 19^1 68^0 48-7 01^2 51^9 87-9 23 J •610 •540 59-1 18'7 70^6 60-0 610 55^5 81-4 27 ■651 •870 48'9 13-7 54-9 41'0 49-8 45^7 82^4 16 •503 ■950 33-3 ll^S 39'3 28^9 35-1 33^9 65'2 13 •469 ■760 40'0 9^4 46^0 35-0 40-8 39'9 690 16 •530 ■715 362 12-4 425 30'0 38^0 36-7 58^8 15 ■500 •870 32^6 15'7 40'5 25-0 35^9 83^2 65^8 22 ■481 •4C5 47^9 18^1 56^4 38^9 60^5 44^27 80^9 26 29'408 t •605 29 davB. fiO^O 20-2 71 0 CO-7 1 62'9 56-6 1 8)-4 25 Inches. 2^346 5-308 3-825 4^003 2^776 id data. •118 2^067 2^400 2-4:)!) 2^438 2'012 1^203 1 -529 i 29 days. II 21 days, 2
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