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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
East Ham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 12.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1949.
Rain Gauge 5 in. in diameter, placed 1 foot above ground, 15 feet above sea level. Temperature taken in the
shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 5 feet from the ground.
| Months. | Temperature of Air during the Month. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Rainfall. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Maxi-mumf | Lowest Minimum | Mean of | ||||||||
| All Highest | All Lowest | No. of Days on which Rain fell. 0.01 and over | Amount collected in inches | Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days | Greatest fall in 24 hours | Date of greatest fall | ||||
| January | - | 23 | - | 32.9 | 41.35 | 10 | 0.77 | 0.08 | 0.50 | 24th |
| February | — | 17 | — | 31.0 | 41.15 | 6 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.23 | 8th |
| March | — | 23 | — | 30.6 | 40.95 | 7 | 0.70 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 4th/14th |
| April | — | 28 | — | 39.2 | 51.50 | 11 | 1.33 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 28th |
| May | — | 30 | — | 40.1 | 57.88 | 11 | 1.62 | 0.15 | 0.71 | 23rd |
| June | — | 39 | — | 46.9 | 61.15 | 5 | 0.59 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 3rd |
| July | 88 | 43 | 77.4 | 51.5 | 66.64 | 4 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 16 th |
| August | 87 | 41 | 75.9 | 51.9 | 64.98 | 7 | 1.26 | 0.18 | 0.50 | 1st |
| September | 89 | 44 | 73.4 | 52.7 | 63.76 | 5 | 1.15 | 0.23 | 0.57 | 15 th |
| October | 76 | 25 | 63.5 | 43.3 | 53.50 | 15 | 5.00 | 0.33 | 1.02 | 25th |
| November | 58 | 21 | 50.5 | 35.8 | 43.30 | 17 | 2.01 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 8th |
| December | 57 | 30 | 49.9 | 39.6 | 42.95 | 16 | 1.46 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 13 th |
| Means & Totals for the Year | — | 30 | 41.3 | 52.44 | 114 | 16.93 | 0.19 | 1.02 | 25th Oct. | |
† The Highest Maximum Thermometer was stolen at the beginning of 1948 and was replaced by the Meterological Office
in June, 1949.