[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 69

Lewisham 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Table 50ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1965

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ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1965

		January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual
Temperature—1
Mean maximum	C	6.5	5.9	10.3	13. 2	17.0	19.7	19.3	20.7	17.1	15.9	8.2	8.2	13.5
Mean minimum	C	2.7	2.1	3.2	5.6	9.1	11.3	12.3	12.5	9.5	8.4	3.8	3.5	7.0
Mean	C	4.6	4.0	6.7	9.4	13.1	15.5	15.8	16.6	13.3	12.1	6.0	5.9	10.3
Diff. from average	C	+ 0.3	—0.6	0.0	0.0	+ 0-6	—0.4	—1.8	—0.7	—1.6	+0.1	-1.7	+ 0.5	-0. 4
Highest maximum 2	C	12.0	10.0	21.0	18.0	28. 0	25.0	24. 0	25.0	20.0	23.0	15.0	13.0	28.0
Lowest minimum 2	C	—2.0	-1.0	—4.0	3.0	6.0	8.0	9.0	11.0	7.0	3.0	—4.0	—5. 0	—5.0
Rainfall
Total2	in.	1.50	0.59	1.38	Apparatus stolen	1.40	2.01	2.81	2.19	4.46	0.43	2.80	2.79	22.36 (11 months)
Per cent. of average 1	...	91	23	125	78	76	93	88	104	212	37	114	181	102
Sunshine—1
Daily mean	hrs.	2.14	1.15	4.36	4.46	6.12	6.04	3.99	6.06	4.38	4.52	3.22	1.86	4.03
Per cent. of average	...	144	51	120	84	96	85	62	100	92	143	182	145	109
Wind—1
NE/E/SE	%	23	25	43	9	24	19	11	40	5	58	40	4	25
S/SW/W	%	62	19	41	49	54	63	58	48	73	28	32	76	50
NW/N/Calm	%	15	56	16	42	22	18	31	12	22	14	28	20	25
Atmospheric pollution—
Pool allotments
Water insol. matter	tpm	7.19	9.75	13.67	Apparatus stolen	12.55	8.66	20.14	8.73	11.38	9.56	8.36	7.01 10.64 (11 mths)
Water sol. matter	tpm	4.37	4.09	5.53	Apparatus stolen	3.09	4.70	7.55	4.53	7.99	3.52	6.01	3.52	4.96
Sulphur	+	2.30	2.05	1 .33	1.76	0.48	0.83	0.44	0.58	0.53	0.84	1.59	1.42	l.18
Lewisham Town Hall—
Smoke, daily average	*	151	120	97	85	42	42	40	53	70	112	138	166	93
„ maximum	*	444	408	448	276	108	95	83	104	147	223	324	588	-
„ minimum	*	44	44	44	26	8	15	16	21	27	37	24	52	-
Sulphur, daily average	*	217	303	113	193	111	108	86	91	107	217	235	188	164
„ maximum	*	588	574	333	446	211	249	166	274	219	489	603	607	-
„ minimum	*	43	92	28	70	54	30	44	35	52	72	72	94	-
Valentine Court—
Smoke, daily average	*	114	106	94	60	30	26	15	19	33	70	94	152	68
„ maximum	*	376	428	416	272	56	85	35	57	73	166	228	380	-
„ minimum	*	22	28	28	12	12	7	3	5	5	11	16	16	-
Sulphur, daily average	*	215	279	110	181	102	91	76	80	89	183	220	178	150
„ maximum	*	556	663	320	439	269	213	145	234	165	404	512	496	-
„ minimum	*	31	103	36	62	30	21	32	30	43	71	60	57	-
Deptford Town Hall—
Smoke, daily average	*	191	—	170	95	54	34	47	49	66	128	143	155	103
„ maximum	*	512	—	424	192	160	108	73	122	126	269	324	528	-
„ minimum	*	38	—	35	38	8	4	13	24	28	28	35	36	-
Sulphur, daily average	*	290	—	262	185	125	116	102	100	103	308	274	239	191
„ maximum	*	747	—	637	409	392	257	209	223	188	745	577	776	-
„ minimum	*	52	—	107	47	58	22	29	10	52	71	71	82	—
Weather Summary—	...	Cold early and late	Dull, Cold & very dry	Wintry at first warm at end	Cool & showery	Cloudy & warm	Wet	Cold, dull & wet	Changeable & cool	Wet, dull & cold	Exceptionally dry	Bright and cold	Very Wet
Notes— 1 Kew; 2Lewisham; tpm: Tons per square mile per month; + as trioxide in MG per 100 sq. cms. per day; * microgrammes per cubic metre