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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
Richmond upon Thames 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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58
DECEMBER.
Barometer. The mean pressure was 29.6 inches. The mean
for the preceding 30 years was 29.95.
Thermometers. The mean maximum temperature was 43.1
degrees, as compared with 44.7 degrees the
mean for the preceding 30 years. The mean minimum temperature
was 34.4 degrees, being the same as the mean for the preceding
30 years.
Rainfall. Rain fell on 12 days to the total of 1.4 inches. The
mean for the preceding 35 years was 2.15.
Wind. W. and S.W for the first eleven days, then chiefly E. for
the remainder of the month.