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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
Lewisham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table 20.
Meteriological Table for London for the Year 1906.
(Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)
| 1906. Month. | Barometer. | AIR TEMPERATURE. | Bright Sunshine. | Rain and other forms of Precipitation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean pressure at 32 F. at Station Level (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L.) | Mean of | Absolute Minimum & Maximum. | Total possible. | Total observed | Nu+mber of Days. | Total Fall. | Most in a day. | ||||||
| Minimum A | Maximum B | Minimum. | Day of' Month | Maximum. | Day of Month. | Amount | Day of Month | ||||||
| Ins. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hours | Hours | Ins. | Ins. | |||||
| January | 29.793 | 37.4 | 46.9 | 25.8 | 23 | 53.2 | 13 | 259 | 54.9 | 18 | 3.71 | 0.61 | 16 |
| February | 29.601 | 33.5 | 44.3 | 26.1 | 22 | 50.7 | 16 | 277 | 62.8 | 18 | 1.80 | 0.60 | 17 |
| March | 29.833 | 35.6 | 48.8 | 27.4 | 3 | 65.0 | 7 | 365 | 101.4 | 18 | 1.09 | 0.23 | 10 |
| April | 29.904 | 35.2 | 57. | 28.1 | 20 | 73.2 | 12 | 413 | 218.5 | 9 | 0.67 | 0.26 | 28 |
| May | 29.696 | 44.4 | H | 31.6 | 18 | 76.2 | 8 | 481 | 153.0 | 12 | 1.57 | 0.79 | 20 |
| June | 29.951 | 47.9 | 69.8 | 37.6 | 5 | 82.0 | 20 | 495 | 241.2 | 7 | 2.80 | 1.90 | 29 |
| July | 29.865 | 53 3 | 75.4 | 45.1 | 1 | 86.2 | 18 | 498 | 262.6 | 7 | 0.41 | 0.17 | 19 |
| August | 29.831 | 54.4 | 77.0 | 44.1 | 29 | 94.3 | 31 | 451 | 248.7 | 8 | 1.39 | 0.79 | 2 |
| September | 30.026 | 49.3 | 69.8 | 37.1 | 27 | 93.5 | 2 | 379 | 185.7 | 11 | 1.97 | 0.57 | 5 |
| October | 29.684 | 46.9 | 61.8 | 32.1 | 26 | 71.8 | 1 | 331 | 128.0 | 17 | 3.04 | 0.92 | 30 |
| November | 29.711 | 40.4 | 51.5 | 28.5 | 19 | 60.3 | 22 | 266 | 45.1 | 17 | 4.11 | 1.28 | 8 |
| December | 29.787 | 32.0 | 42.3 | 19.8 | 30 | 54.3 | 3 | 244 | 32.6 | 19 | 2.16 | 0.47 | 16 |
| Year | 29.807 | 42.5 | 58.9 | — | — | — | — | 4459 | 1734.5 | 161 | 24.72 | — | — |
| Abstracted from the report of the Registrar.General | |||||||||||||