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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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Report by the Medical Officer of Health upon bye-laws for houses let in lodgings or tenement-houses
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Table No. 4.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR SAINT PANCRAS, 1916.
Deduced from Observations at Camden Square, n.w., under the Superintendence of H. Robert Mill, d.sc., ll.d.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer. | Mean Pressure at 32° F. at Station Level1 (Bar 123 ft. above M.S.L.) | 30.063 | 29.638 | 29.533 | 29.776 | 29.803 | 29.80 | 29.917 | 29.809 | 29.914 | 29.749 | 29.761 | 29.506 | |
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | Maximum A. | 50.8 | 45.7 | 46.1 | 59.7 | 67.7 | 65.0 | 72.1 | 74.4 | 66.1 | 60.2 | 50.1 | 41.9 |
| . Minimum B. | 40.7 | 34.9 | 35.0 | 39.8 | 47.5 | 47.9 | 53.0 | 55.7 | 49.8 | 47.3 | 39.1 | 32.8 | ||
| Mean of A. and B | 15.8 | 40.3 | 40.6 | 49.8 | 57.6 | 56.5 | 62.6 | 651 | 58.0 | 53.8 | 44.6 | 37.4 | ||
| Difference from Average † | +7.4 | +03 | .21 | +1.6 | +3.1 | —4.4 | —1.5 | +1.9 | —0.4 | +3.2 | +0.6 | -2.4 | ||
| Humidity—Morning | 88% | 86% | 86% | 71% | 68% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 81% | 83% | 90% | 94% | ||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 45.1 | 441 | 41.7 | 43.8 | 49.3 | 53.0 | 55.5 | 59.1 | 57.0 | 54.2 | 50.0 | 45.3 | ||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed (Daily mean) Hours | 106 | 2.24 | 1.65 | 6.03 | 5.03 | 4.63 | 4.74 | 4.71 | 3.17 | 2.58 | 1.63 | 0.14 | |
| Per cent. of total possible | 13 | 23 | 14 | 44 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 3 | ||
| , Difference from Average † Hours | — | — | . | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Bain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 14 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 18 | |
| Total Fall Inches | 1.8 | 3*4 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Difference from Average † | —0.47 | +1.73 | +2.99 | —0.47 | +0.12 | —0.08 | -0.87 | + 3.19 | —0.47 | +0.63 | +2.32 | +0.35 | ||
* The hours of observation are 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., local time.
† The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 35 years for Rainfall and Temperature and 25 years for Sunshine,
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