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, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 6.—Meteorological Table for Saint Pancras, 1926. (Deduced from observations at Camden Square, N.W. 1.)
January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |
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Barometer— Mean Pressure at 32° F. at station level (Bar. 112 ft. above M.S.L.) | 29.886 | 29.864 | 30.076 | 29.878 | 29.893 | 29.932 | 30.034 | 30.092 | 30.118 | 29.924 | 29.644 | 30.311 |
Air temperature— Mean of— | ||||||||||||
A. Maximum | 451 | 50.3 | 51.5 | 58.3 | 60.6 | 67.7 | 72.8 | 74.2 | 69.8 | 55.2 | 49.5 | 43.5 |
B. Minimum | 36.0 | 41.5 | 39.5 | 43.3 | 45.9 | 51.4 | 56.6 | 56.0 | 53.5 | 42.2 | 41.1 | 35.6 |
Mean of A and B | 40.5 | 45.9 | 45.5 | 50.8 | 53.3 | 59.5 | 64.7 | 65.1 | 6l.7 | 48.7 | 45.3 | 39.5 |
Difference from Average | +1.7 | +5.9 | +2.6 | +2.4 | -1.8 | -1.5 | +0.4 | +19 | +3.1 | +2.0 | +1.0 | -1.0 |
Humidity—Morning | 90 | 91 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 86 | 85 | 90 | 90 |
Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 43.3 | 43.9 | 45.0 | 46.5 | 48.7 | 53.5 | 57.7 | 59.1 | 59.5 | 55.2 | 50.0 | 46.6 |
Bright Sunshine— Total Observed (daily mean) Hrs. | 0.66 | 1.13 | 2.34 | 2.28 | 4.85 | 6.31 | 5.50 | 6.60 | 3.57 | 2.47 | 0.75 | 1.23 |
Per cent. of total possible | 8 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 31 | 38 | 34 | 46 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 16 |
Difference from average Hrs. | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | — |
Rain and other forms of precipitation. Number of Days | 18 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 6 |
Total Fall Ins. | 2.64 | 3.07 | 0.30 | 3.15 | 2.30 | 3.27 | 2.08 | 1.55 | 1.52 | 2.21 | 4.71 | 0.43 |
Difference from average | +079 | + 1.42 | -1.54 | -1.61 | +0.51 | +1.26 | -032 | -0.67 | -0.28 | -0.43 | +2.36 | -1.97 |
Hour of observation, 9 a.m. (Greenwich time). The readings for Bright Sunshine are those taken at Regent's Park—no readings being recorded at Camden Square. |