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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 11.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD - YEAR 1950.
Rain Gauge 5 i n. in diameter, placed 1 foot above ground, 15 feet above pea level. Temperature taken In the shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 5 feet from the ground.
| February | 62 | 27 | 51.0 | 38.0 | 42.4 | 18 | 2.96 | 0.16 | 0.60 | 2nd |
| March | 63 | 55.1 | 40.2 | 45.15 | 11 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 18th | |
| 66 | 32 | 55.8 | 40.2 | 46.7 | 20 | 2.28 | 0.11 | 0.59 | 25th | |
| May | 75 | 38 | 62.1 | 49.0 | 53.45 | 13 | 1.45 | 0.11 ' | 0.35 | 5th |
| June | 87 | 73.9 | 55.9 | 64.5 | 11 | 1.37 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 14th | |
| July | 85 | 53 | 71.5 | 59.1 | 64.1 | 19 | 3.49 | 0.18 | 0.93 | 9th |
| August | 81 | 51 | 72.1 | 57.4 | 63.25 | 17 | 1.60 | 0.09 | 0.35 | 17th |
| September | 73 | 50 | 64.4 | 56.3 | 56.3 | 24 | 2.42 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 15th |
| October | 73 | 35 | 58.7 | 46.5 | 50.2 | 6 | 0.34 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 30th |
| November | 59 | 24 | 51.4 | 33.6 | 44.2 | 24 | 4.84 | 0.20 | 0.91 | 20th |
| December | 53 | 19 | 41.5 | 30.7 | 35.05 | 14 | 1.48 | 0.11 | 0.47 | 1st |
| Means & Totals for the Year | 69 | 35 | 58.6 | 45.2 | 50.47 | 185 | 24.00 | 0.12 | 0.93 | 9th July |