Margate as a health resort / By H. Evelyn Crook.

  • Crook, Herbert Evelyn.
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Margate as a health resort / By H. Evelyn Crook. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    noticed that there is a great uniformity in the figures, Margate only differing from Worthing by 1-0, and from Croydon by 0-5. The spring months are the least cloudy in Margate, May having less than any other month in the year. December and January are, on the other hand, the most cloudy, each being accredited with an average of 7*6 of cloud. lY.—Sunshine. Statistics as to the hours of sunshine at Margate have only been kept since January 1st, 1892, and, on referring to the Records of the Royal Meteorological Society, it will be found that few places have their sunshine noticed ; consequently the Sunshine Records of Margate and other places can only be compared for this short period. Table IV.—Showing the total number of hours of Sun- shine and of days without Sunshine at Margate and other places, during the first nine months of 1892. Stations. Hours of Sunshine. Sunless Days. Stations. Hours of Sunshine. Sunless Days. Brighton - 1445 32 Margate - 1319 35 Ventnor 1425 33 Kew - - - 1172 39 Eastbourne 1421 36 Harrogate - 1079 47 Torquay 1.396 41 Greenwich - 1045 46 Sidmouth - 1334 41 Buxton - - 954 47 Here it is seen that during the nine months Margate has had 1319 hours of sunshine, which is 60 above the mean hours of sunshine for other places ; the number of days without any sunshine is found to be 35, this being excelled by only two places, viz., Brighton with 32 and