[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1897
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the appeailix is eoiupilecl, aacl also the information on which the l eiuiirks witli reference to meteorological conditions and epidemics are based. 1897 Janiiaiy February March April May June July August. Si‘j>teinber October November December ]Mean Tcmpfi'a- turu Mean Barometer Rainfall 1 ft. above ground o Inches Indies 35-2 29-913 1-230 42'5 30 028 2-072 43-9 29-.506 2-343 451 29-833 2-250 507 29-903 1-050 58-5 20 009 2-1174 Gll 20'008 0-1188 Gi:> 29-7.50 3-58.3 510 20-0r>8 1180 .51-2 30132 1-713 46-S 30152 3-701 41-8 29-823 3-U7G The meteorological results show as follows Barometer.—The mean barometer of 1897 (29-920 inches) was lower than in recent years. The monthly mean was high in February, June, July, October and November. It was low in March, Ajiril, August and December. The highest reading during the year was on the 20th, 21st and 22nd November, when 30-69 inches was reached. The lowest barometer touched was 28-57 on March 3rd. Temperature.—The mean Temperature in 1897 was 49-47 degrees F., about the mean yearly temperature in the locality. The severest weather was ex[)eriei:ced in the first quarter and last month of the year. Tliere was freezing, more or less, on eighteen days in January, three days in February, one day in March and one in April, and on four days in December. The lowest temperature reached at any time during 1897 was 25-7 degrees F. on Jauuai-y 22ud. The highest temperature reached was 84-4 degrees F. on the 4th of August. Rainfall.—The rainfall in 1897 (28-517 inches) was a little higher than last yar, and slightly above the average. The number of hours at which rain fell during the year was 779 as](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28926973_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
