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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1909.
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 1909. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baro- | meter. | Mean Pressure at 32° F. at Station Level* (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L.) | 29091 | 29.965 | 29.355 | 29.818 | 29.934 | 29.792 | 29.736 | 29.832 | 29.862 | 29.646 | 29.849 | 29.510 | 29.776 | ||
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | Minimum A. | 34.0 | 30.9 | 33.8 | 38.6 | 41.7 | 47 .2 | 52.5 | 52.5 | 47.5 | 45.6 | 36.2 | 35.0 | 41.3 | |
| . Maximum B. | 43.0 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 60.6 | 64.8 | 62.4 | 70.1 | 72.9 | 62.8 | 59.5 | 47.2 | 45.2 | 50.5 | |||
| Mean of A. and B. | 88.5 | 37.2 | 39.6 | 49.6 | 53.2 | 54.3 | 61.3 | 62.7 | 55.2 | 52.5 | 11.7 | 40.1 | 48.9 | |||
| Difference from Average † | +0.1 | —2.6 | —2.9 | +1.5 | —0.6 | —5.5 | —2.4 | 2.1 | —3.0 | +2.1 | —1.7 | +05 | —1.2 | |||
| Humidity | 88 | 84 | 87 | 73 | 69 | 82 | 77 | 79 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 83 | |||
| Earth Temperature at 3ft. 2in. depth | 43.3 | 40.8 | 39.8 | 45.8 | 50.7 | 54.7 | 582 | 61.2 | 58.2 | 55.9 | 48.3 | 44.1 | 50.1 | |||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed Hours | 61 | 91 | 75 | 250 | 326 | 107 | 179 | 228 | 106 | 91 | 78 | 50 | 1642 | ||
| Difference from Average † ,, | + 20 | +34 | —21 | +103 | +110 | —90 | —57 | + 18 | —49 | -4 | +30 | +17 | †140 | |||
| Per cent, of Possible | 23 | 33 | 21 | go | 68 | 22 | 36 | 50 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 37 | |||
| Rain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 12 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 186 | ||
| Total Fall Inches | 0.77 | 0.63 | 3.08 | 1.64 | 1.24 | 3.67 | 316 | 1.80 | 2.48 | 4.06 | 0.79 | 2.40 | 25.72 | |||
| Difference from Average † „ | —1.11 | —0.85 | +1.56 | +0.07 | —0.68 | †1.63 | +076 | —0.54 | +0.33 | +1.28 | —1.43 | +0.57 | + 1.60 | |||
* The hours of observation are 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
f The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 65 vears for Bain and Temperature and 10 years for Sunshine,