Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.S.C., L .L.d.
January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||||
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Barometer. | Mean Pressure at 32° F. at Station Level1 (Bar123 ft. above M.S.L.) | 29.686 | 30.064 | 29.760 | 29.742 | 29.790 | 29.975 | 29.941 | 29.950 | 29.852 | 29.761 | 29.800 | 29.990 | ||
Aii- Temperature. | Mean of | Maximum A. | 46.1 | 46.9 | 52.1 | 56.6 | 67.8 | 72.3 | 70.3 | 7.22 | 69.0 | 61.5 | 54.3 | 46.2 | |
Minimum B. | 36.4 | 35.4 | 38.1 | 40.2 | 46.9 | 51.2 | 52.5 | 53.2 | 51.3 | 47.2 | 41.3 | 37.4 | |||
Mean of A. and B. | 41.3 | 41.2 | 45.1 | 48.4 | 57.4 | 61.8 | 61.4 | 62.7 | 60.2 | 54.4 | 47.8 | 41.8 | |||
Difference from Average† | +2.7 | + 1.2 | +2.1 | —0.1 | +3.1 | +0.9 | —3.0 | —0.6 | + 1.7 | +4.3 | + 3.9 | + 2.3 | |||
Humidity—Morning | 93 | 87 | 82 | 75 | 70 | 67 | 77 | 74 | 85 | 89 | 90 | 87 | |||
Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 45.1 | 43.5 | 43.4 | 44.8 | 49.1 | 55.2 | 57.4 | 58.0 | 57.4 | 55.0 | 51.4 | 48.1 | |||
Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed (Daily mean) Hours | 0.80 | 1.59 | 2.52 | 3.74 | 6.10 | 6.66 | 3.25 | 4.53 | 3.71 | 2.51 | 1.82 | 1.02 | ||
Per cent. of total possible | 10 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 39 | 41 | 20 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 13 | |||
Difference from Average† Hours | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Rain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 17 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 8 | ||
Total Fall Inches | 2.57 | 0.79 | 2.29 | 2.72 | 1.72 | 0.58 | 2.31 | 1.43 | 1.75 | 3.11 | 2.35 | 0.79 | |||
Difference from Average ,, | + 0.70 | + 0.84 | +0.83 | + 1.04 | —0.03 | —1.71 | —0.26 | -0.96 | —0.42 | +0.37 | —0.01 | —1.26 |
*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.