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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 5.—Meteorological Table for Saint Pancras, 1931. (Deduced from observations at Camden Square, N. W. 1.)
| January. | February. | March. | April. | ' May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | I November. | December. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer— Mean Pressure at 32° F. at station level (Bar. 112 ft. above m.s.l.) Air Temperature— Mean of | 29.922 | 29.872 | 29-951 | 29.878 | 29.880 | 30.046 | 29.814 | 29.902 | 30.187 | 30.174 | 29.837 | 30.316 |
| A. Maximum | 42.8 | 44.7 | 48.7 | 54.4 | 62.5 | 70.0 | 697 | 67.8 | 61.5 | 56.9 | 51.6 | 46.2 |
| B. Minimum | 34.5 | 34.7 | 35.0 | 41.8 | 48.0 | 54.1 | 55.6 | 53.9 | 48.9 | 44.3 | 43.0 | 39.0 |
| Mean of A and B | 38.7 | 39.7 | 41.9 | 48.1 | 55.3 | 62.1 | 627 | 60.9 | 552 | 50.6 | 47.3 | 42.6 |
| Difference from Average | —01 | —0.3 | —10 | —0.3 | +0.2 | +1.1 | —1.6 | —2.3 | —3.4 | —01 | +30 | +2.1 |
| Humidity—Morning | 90 | 89 | 80 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 81 | 86 | 87 | 90 | 88 |
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 44.7 | 43.1 | 42.1 | 44.5 | 47.9 | 53.1 | 56.7 | 57.7 | 55.8 | 53.8 | 49.5 | 47.1 |
| Bright Sunshine— Total Observed (daily mean) Hrs. | 1.80 | 1.92 | 3.90 | 3.56 | 5.03 | 6.14 | 4.72 | 4.57 | 3.94 | 3.46 | 1.81 | 0.93 |
| Per cent, of total possible | 22 | 19 | 33 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 20 | 12 |
| Difference from average Hrs. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rain and other forms of precipitation— Number of Days | 20 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 11 |
| Total Fall Ins. | 1.34 | 1.83 | 0.23 | 371 | 2.67 | 1.41 | 3.00 | 5.03 | 2.70 | 0.66 | 1.99 | 0.82 |
| Difference from average ,, | —051 | +016 | —1.61 | +2.17 | +0.91 | —0.55 | +0.55 | + 2.84 | +0.91 | —1.97 | —0.35 | —1.58 |
Hour of observation, 9 a.m. (Greenwich time). The readings for Bright Sunshine are those taken at Hampstead—no readings being recorded at
Camden Square.