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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 Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Year 1908. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer. | Mean Pressure at 32° F. at Station Level1 (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L.) | 29.983 | 23.919 | 29.681 | 29.772 | 29.834 | 29.914 | 29.844 | 29.822 | 29.818 | 29.966 | 29.889 | 29.763 | 29.850 | |||
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | Minimum A. | 30.9 | 35.7 | 33.9 | 36.8 | 47.2 | 49.7 | 53.2 | 51.4 | 47.7 | 46.0 | 39.8 | 35.3 | 42.2 | ||
| Maximum B. | 41.7 | 47.5 | 47.6 | 51.7 | 66.2 | 71.0 | 73.0 | 70.1 | 66.4 | 62.9 | 52.1 | 43.5 | 57.8 | ||||
| Mean of A. and B. | 36.3 | 41.6 | 40.7 | 44.3 | 56.7 | 60.4 | 63.1 | 60.7 | 57.0 | 54.5 | 45.9 | 39.4 | 50.1 | ||||
| Difference from Average † | —21 | + 1.8 | —1.8 | —3.8 | +2.9 | +0.1 | —0.6 | —2.2 | —1.2 | +4.1 | +2.5 | — 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Humidity | 88 | 84 | 83 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 78 | 78 | 83 | 92 | 89 | 92 | 83 | ||||
| Earth Temperature at 3ft. 2in. depth | 41.7 | 42.1 | 41.9 | 44.1 | 50.6 | 57.8 | 61.1 | 61.7 | 57.9 | 56.7 | 51.0 | 47. 4 | 51.2 | ||||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed Hours | 57 | 63 | 102 | 137 | 200 | 262 | 202 | 214 | 165 | 133 | 77 | 22 | 1631 | |||
| Difference from Average † | + 16 | +6 | +3 | —10 | +11 | + 65 | —34 | + 4 | + 10 | +38 | +29 | —11 | + 132 | ||||
| Per cent. of Possible | 22 | 22 | 28 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 41 | 48 | 41 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 37 | ||||
| Kain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 9 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 150 | |||
| Total Fall Inches | 1.51 | 1.46 | 2.22 | 2.10 | 1.53 | 2.07 | 3.66 | 3.28 | 1.22 | 1.97 | 0.76 | 2.00 | 23.78 | ||||
| Difference from Average† ,, | —0.37 | —0.02 | +0.70 | +0.53 | —0.39 | +0.03 | + 1.26 | +0.94 | -0.93 | —0.81 | —1.46 | +0.17 | —0.34 | ||||
* The hours of observation are 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
† The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 65 years for Rain and Temperature, and 10 years for Sunshine.