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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table. No. 5.—Meteokoi.ogicai. Table for Saint Pancras, 1928.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October | November. | December. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer— | |||||||||||||
| Mean Pressure at 32° F. at station level (Bar. 112 ft. above M.S.L.) | 29.20 | 30.111 | 29.816 | 29.800 | 29925 | 29.939 | 30.101 | 29.952 | 30147 | 29.858 | 29.798 | 30.050 | |
| Air temperature— | |||||||||||||
| Mean of— | |||||||||||||
| A. Maximum | 47.4 | 50.1 | 50.9 | 56.2 | 630 | 67.6 | 77.6 | 71.1 | 68.9 | 58.8 | 52.0 | 43.9 | |
| B. Minimum | 36.8 | 37.7 | 39.3 | 41.7 | 45.8 | 50.6 | 56.2 | 54.8 | 490 | 46.1 | 42.2 | 34.8 | |
| Mean of A and B | 42.1 | 43.9 | 45.1 | 48.9 | 54.4 | 591 | 66.9 | 62.9 | 58.9 | 52.5 | 47.1 | 39.3 | |
| Difference from Average | +3.3 | +39 | + 2.2 | +0.5 | +0.7 | —1.9 | +2.6 | —0.3 | +0.3 | + 1.8 | +2.8 | —1.2 | |
| Humidity—Morning | 91 | 83 | 86 | 75 | 74 | 70 | 64 | 77 | 87 | 88 | 93 | ||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 43.4 | 43.3 | 43.3 | 45.4 | 49.0 | 52.9 | 57.1 | 58.9 | 57.5 | 54.0 | 61.1 | 47.3 | |
| Bright Sunshine | |||||||||||||
| Total Observed (daily mean) Hrs | 1.42 | 2.21 | 2.16 | 3.65 | 5.53 | 7.02 | 9.35 | 5.87 | 5.77 | 2.78 | 1.44 | 0.81 | |
| Per cent, of total possible | 17 | 18 | 26 | 34 | 43 | 58 | 40 | 46 | 26 | 16 | 11 | ||
| Difference from average Hrs. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rain and other forms of precipitation- | |||||||||||||
| Number of Days | 21 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Total Fall Hrs. | 3.60 | 1.66 | 1.39 | 1.3.2 | 1.81 | 2.59 | 2.12 | 2.60 | 0.69 | 3.41 | 2.15 | 2.66 | |
| Difference from average | +1.73 | 0.0 | -0.47 | -0.24 | + 0 04 ' | +0 59 | —0.28 | +0.39 | —114 | +0.79 | —0.20 | +0.28 | |
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.