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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
Deptford 1908
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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Meteorological Observations made at the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, London.
| Months, 1908. | Means at 9 a.m. | Extreme Temperatures. | Rainfall. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer reduced to Sea-level. | Thermometer. | Shade. | Maximum, Sun. | Minimum, on Grass. | Total Depth. | Number of Days. | Sunshine (bright). | Sunshine. Number of Days. | |||||
| Dry bulb. | Wet bulb. | Maximum. | Minimum. | ||||||||||
| January | Ins. 30.06 | Deg. 37.0 | Deg. 35.0 | Deg. 53.2 | Date. 27th | Deg. 21.0 | Date. 6th | Deg. 70.0 | Deg. 11.0 | Ins. 1 .93 | 12 | Hr. Min. 28.00 | |
| February | 30 .06 | 40.0 | 38.7 | 53.0 | 17 th | 3O.O | 29th | 77.0 | 22.0 | 1 .72 | 15 | 58.33 | 24 |
| March | 29.84 | 40.5 | 37.9 | 57.2 | 24th | 27.0 | 15th | 95.0 | 19.0 | 2.34 | 22 | 83.05 | 28 |
| April | 29 .94 | 44.6 | 41.0 | 62.5 | 29th | 30.0 | 24th | 107.0 | 22.8 | 2.27 | 19 | 128.09 | 25 |
| May | 30.01 | 57.3 | 52.6 | 75. 0 | 3Ist | 41.O | 23rd | I20.0 | 32.0 | 1.89 | 15 | 190.40 | 29 |
| June | 30.08 | 6l.9 | 575 | 830 | 4th | 44.8 | 22nd | 123.0 | 380 | 1.25 | 9 | 275.19 | 29 |
| July | 3002 | 63.9 | 60.3 | 85.0 | 3rd | 51.0 | 21st | 125.0 | 44.0 | 3.82 | 13 | 194.45 | 27 |
| August | 30.01 | 61.2 | 57.3 | 82.5 | 3rd | 45.5 | 12th | 128.0 | 40.2 | 2.85 | 15 | 216.00 | 28 |
| September | 59.6 | 53.6 | 78.0 | 30th | 39.2 | 13th | 114.0 | 34.0 | 1 .38 | 14 | 132.48 | 27 | |
| October | 30.14 | 53.1 | 51.2 | 78.2 | 2nd | 33.2 | 25th | 110.0 | 28.0 | 2.21 | 12 | 97.17 | 26 |
| November | 30.06 | 46.7 | 44.5 | 58.0 | 12th | 27.5 | 10th | 83.0 | 21.0 | 0.75 | 12 | 46.04 | 19 |
| December | 29.93 | 40.1 | 38.7 | 52.5 | 13th | 16.5 | 30th | 67. 0 | 13.0 | 2.08 | 15 | 11. 08 | 9 |
| Totals for Year | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 24.49 | 173 | 1,461.48 | 28.5 |
| Means | 30.01 | 50.4 | 46.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Highest | — | — | — | 85.0 | July | — | — | 128.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lowest | — | — | — | — | — | 16.5 | Dec. | — | 11.0 | — | — | — | |