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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
West Ham 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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METEOROLOGY.
The observations given below are extracted from the weekly
reports of observations taken at Greenwich Observatory, a course
justified by the geographical position of the Borough immediately
to the North of Greenwich. They show that the registered sunshine
of the year was 1,640.7 hours, being 6.9 hours more than in 1908.
The hottest day was 12th August when the temperature reached
86.2 degrees, and the coldest day was 5th March, when it sank
to 13.6 degrees. The number of rainy days was 186, the total
rainfall of the year being 25.77 inches. The greatest daily fall
occurred on 24th June, when 1.08 inches fell.
Meteorology during 1909.
| Week ending | Temperature. | No.of Rainy Days. | Sum for week, in inches. | Sunshine, in hours. | Mean Barometric reading. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | mean for Week. | Departure from average of 65 years. | |||||
| Jan. 9 | o 47.4 | o 32.5 | o 40.7 | o + 2.6 | 4 | 0.13 | 8.1 | 30193 |
| „ 16 | 50.4 | 34.1 | 42.2 | + 4.2 | 5 | 0.49 | 22.7 | 29.433 |
| „ 23 | 49.7 | 29.0 | 38.7 | –0.1 | 1 | 0.12 | 10.9 | 30.057 |
| „ 30 | 45.5 | 20.8 | 31.8 | –7.6 | 1 | 0.02 | 18.9 | 30.147 |
| Feb. 6 | 56.1 | 29.2 | 42.7 | + 3.1 | 2 | 0.04 | 7.7 | 29.799 |
| „ 13 | 44.1 | 26.1 | 34.8 | –4.3 | 3 | 0.29 | 21.1 | 29.831 |
| „ 20 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 37.4 | –2.1 | 1 | 0.01 | 36.3 | 30.051 |
| „ 27 | 52.1 | 19.4 | 33.4 | –6.5 | 2 | 0.08 | 22.4 | 30.168 |
| Mar. 6 | 41.7 | 13.6 | 30.1 | –10.5 | 5 | 1.23 | 16.2 | 29.311 |
| „ 13 | 49.2 | 30.2 | 36.5 | –4.5 | 4 | 0.46 | 17.0 | 29.521 |
| „ 20 | 57 0 | 23.1 | 38.8 | –3.0 | 5 | 0.41 | 17.7 | 29.232 |
| 27 n .1' | 54.0 | 32. 1 | 44.8 | + 2.3 | 5 | 0.51 | 20.7 | 29.444 |
| Apl. 3 | 62.1 | 29.0 | 44.7 | –0.2 | 4 | 0.66 | 23.8 | 29.631 |
| „ 10 | 69.0 | 30.1 | 46.9 | + 0.8 | - | - | 83.7 | 30.131 |
| „ 17 | 71.3 | 35.2 | 51.5 | + 4.9 | 4 | 0.22 | 42.2 | 29.635 |
| „ 24 | 68.7 | 34.4 | 52. 2 | + 3.8 | 6 | 0.72 | 53.4 | 29.656 |