Appendix to report of the committee for scientific inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health. Medical Council.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Appendix to report of the committee for scientific inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The numbers in this Table show the weekly distribution of tem- perature over the Metropolis. In the last line but one, are given the mean results of all the stations ; they show the temperature in each week of the Metropolitan districts. By comparing the individual results with these values, it will be seen that o-enerally the temperature at the central stations has been somewhat higher, and those at the outlying stations somewhat lower than the mean. In the last line of this Table are given the mean results of those stations situated both north and south of London, and which I found to ao-reewell with each other. They maybe considered as the mean weekly temperature of the Metropolitan districts, free from the eifects of the river Thames and all Metropolitan influences. The result of this comparison is shown in the following Table:—