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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
St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Deduced from Observations at Camden Square, n.w., under the Superintendence of H. Robert Mill, d.sc., l.l.d.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer. | Mean Pressure at 32o F. at Station Level1 (Bar 159 ft. above M.S L.) | 30.031 | 29.961 | 29.726 | 29.818 | 29.877 | 29.957 | 29.875 | 29.8??? 9 | 29866 | 30.011 | 23.938 | 29.808 | ||
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | Minimum A. | 31.3 | 35.8 | 34.7 | 37.3 | 48.7 | 51.6 | 54.5 | 52.5 | 49.0 | 47.3 | 41.1 | 36.4 | |
| Maximum B. | 41.9 | 47.9 | 48.1 | 53.4 | 67.2 | 73.6 | 73.7 | 71.0 | 6???.4 | 62.4 | 52.6 | 44.2 | |||
| Mean of A. and B. | 36.6 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 45.4 | 58.0 | 62.6 | 64.1 | 61.8 | 57.7 | 54.9 | 46.9 | 40.3 | |||
| Difference from Average † | —2.0 | + 1.9 | —1.6 | —3.1 | +3.7 | +1.7 | —0.3 | —1.5 | —0.8 | + 1.8 | +3.0 | +0.8 | |||
| Humidity | 93 | 89 | 85 | 82 | 83 | 71 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 93 | 90 | 91 | |||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 38.4 | 40.4 | 41.4 | 43.3 | 48.2 | 55.0 | 58.7 | 59.8 | 56.8 | 55.3 | 50.6 | 47.5 | |||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed Hours | 33 | 53 | 98 | 142 | 174 | 240 | 162 | 179 | 129 | 85 | 48 | 14 | ||
| Per cent. of total possible | 13 | 19 | 27 | 34 | 36 | 49 | 33 | 40 | 34 | 26 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Difference from Average Hours | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Rain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 11 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 18 | ||
| Total Fall Inches | 1.93 | 1.68 | 2.37 | 2.33 | 1.95 | 1.26 | 3.36 | 2.94 | 1.27 | 1.95 | 0.69 | 1.89 | |||
| Difference from Average ,, | + 0.06 | +0.05 | +0.71 | +0.70 | +0.20 | —1.03 | +0.79 | +0.55 | —0.90 | —0.84 | —1.67 | —0.16 | |||
* 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; 25 years for Temperature; and 25 years for Sunshine,