[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley] page 20

Bromley 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer for the following
information, which has been extracted from the records at the
Climatological Station at Church House Gardens:—
Total rainfall during 1952: 26.22 inches.
Mean maximum daily temperature: 57.38°F.
Mean minimum daily temperature: 42.68ºF.
Highest maximum temperature: 88°F. (on 1st July).
Lowest minimum temperature: 19°F. (on 27th January).
Lowest grass temperature recorded: 17ºF. (on 25th Nov. and 6th Dec.)
OPEN AIR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.
Commons, Public Recreation Grounds and Gardens.

Table: 603 acres of land have been secured or reserved for public recreational purposes, representing 9.2per cent. of the total acreage of the Borough.

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603 acres of land have been secured or reserved for public recreational purposes, representing 9.2per cent. of the total acreage of the Borough.

	Acres.	Roods.	Poles.
Bromley Public Golf Course	56	1	8
Church House Gardens	12	3	20
Elmstead Woods	61	1	36
Golf Course Playing Fields	41	1	5
Hayes Common (including Pickhurst Green)	213	1	32
Hollydale Open Space	6	1	0
Husseywell Open Space	2	1	30
Keston Common	55	1	24
Kings Meadow Recreation Ground	9	1	0
Library Garden	1	2	0
Martins Hill Recreation Ground	12	0	29
Oakley Road Recreation Ground	2	0	0
Pickhurst Green Recreation Ground	12	2	14
Queens Garden Recreation Ground	2	1	4
Queens Mead Recreation Ground	10	3	15
Southborough Open Space	6	0	0
The Knoll Open Space	4	1	39
Turpington Open Space	1	3	10
Whitehall Recreation Ground	17	1	6
Widmore Open Space	3	1	28
Reserved:
Hayes (Old) Rectory Grounds	2	0	25
Hillcrest Open Space	0	2	0
New Street Hill Open Space	11	2	8
Norman Park	56	0	0
	603	1	13

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Table: 603 acres of land have been secured or reserved for public recreational purposes, representing 9.2per cent. of the total acreage of the Borough.