Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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RAINFALL RECORDS FOR THE DISTRICT.
Rainfall since 1st January, 1901.
* | * | * | † | † | ‡ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | |
Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | |
January | 1.08 | .78 | 2.44 | 2.74 | .61 | 3.85 |
February | .82 | .73 | 1.12 | 2.41 | .80 | 1.67 |
March | 2.24 | 1.69 | 2.57 | 1.39 | 4.03 | 1.15 |
April | 2.17 | .64 | 1.69 | 1.03 | 1.68 | .49 |
May | .44 | 2.53 | 2.07 | 2.16 | 1.03 | 1.26 |
June | 1.04 | 3.79 | 6.37 | .8 | 4.84 | 2.71 |
July | 2.14 | 1.56 | 4.48 | 1.5 | 1.07 | .90 |
August | 1.74 | 2.70 | 4.30 | 1.59 | 2.85 | 1.21 |
September | 1.75 | 2.57 | 3.21 | 1.5 | 1.67 | 2.97 |
October | 1.78 | 1.46 | 5.02 | 1.54 | 1.36 | 4.37 |
November | .43 | 1.61 | 2.04 | 1.56 | 3.39 | 4.19 |
December | 3.24 | 1.49 | 1.51 | 1.97 | .60 | 2.22 |
Total | 18.87 | 21.55 | 36.82 | 2016 | 23.93 | 26.99 |
*County Hall. †West Molesey. ‡Kingston Sewage Works. |
In the records for the immediate neighbourhood,
there are considerable variations between West Molesey,
Surbiton, and Kingston (Sewage Works), amounting
sometimes to as much as an inch in a year.
H. BEALE COLLINS.