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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Meteorological Table for Saint Pancras, 1938.
| 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.) | 29.9 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 30.0 | 30.1 | 30.0 | 300 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 |
| Air Temper ature— Mean of— A. Maximum | 47.8 | 46.6 | 60.1 | 56.2 | 61.9 | 71.3 | 71.4 | 73.8 | 68.5 | 57.8 | 55.2 | 45.0 |
| B. Minimum | 39.0 | 36.6 | 41.8 | 39.2 | 45.9 | 63.9 | 55.1 | 56.2 | 53.1 | 46.0 | 46.1 | 36.2 |
| Mean of A and B | 43.4 | 41.6 | 60.9 | 47.7 | 53.9 | 62.6 | 63.3 | 65.0 | 60.8 | 51.9 | 50.7 | 40.6 |
| Difference from Average | +3.1 | +1.1 | + 7.2 | —0.6 | —2.5 | + 1.6 | -1.0 | + 1.3 | + 1.8 | 0.0 | +6.6 | -0.9 |
| Humidity—Morning | 86 | 84 | 78 | 66 | 68 | 63 | 71 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 87 | 91 |
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 44.8 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 47.1 | 49.4 | 53.7 | 57.0 | 59.8 | 57.9 | 55.1 | 51.3 | 48.1 |
| Bright Sunshine— Total Observed (daily mean) Hrs. | 0.92 | 2.01 | 4.17 | 4.11 | 4.37 | 6.37 | 4.95 | 4.55 | 3.86 | 3.08 | 1.68 | 1.27 |
| Per cent. of total possible | 11 | 20 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 16 |
| Percentage of average Hrs. | 99 | 125 | 147 | 98 | 70 | 97 | so | 81 | 91 | 119 | 130 | 159 |
| Rain and other forms of precipitation— Number of Days | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 21 |
| Total Fall Ins. | 2.78 | 0.48 | 0.34 | 0.10 | 1.43 | 0.34 | 1.17 | 1.80 | 2.38 | 2.72 | 2.98 | 3.55 |
| Percentage of average (1881-1915) „ | 149 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 81 | 17 | 49 | 81 | 131 | 103 | 126 | 149 |
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.
Total rainfall for year, 20.07 inches.