London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1899
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
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| 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 50 years. | |||||
| Apr. 29 | 62.0 | 36.4 | 50.1 | + 1.6 | 6 | 0.79 | 17.8 | 29.626 |
| May 6 | 60.7 | 33.7 | 46.4 | -3.4 | 0 | — | 49.7 | 30.018 |
| „ 13 | 66.3 | 37.7 | 50.9 | -0.6 | 43.0 | 29.783 | ||
| „ 20 | 70.2 | 46.5 | 54.4 | + 1.0 | 6 | 0.97 | 33.9 | 29.568 |
| „ 27 | 64.2 | 36.2 | 49.5 | -5.9 | 5 | 0.66 | 29.3 | 29.827 |
| Jane 3 | 80.5 | 37.1 | 58.4 | + 1.5 | 0 | — | 95.9 | 30.124 |
| 81.5 | 46.4 | 61.1 | + 2.9 | 0 | — | 72.1 | 30.136 | |
| „ 17 | 77.1 | 42.1 | 56.6 | -2.2 | 0 | — | 68.0 | 29.934 |
| „ 24 | 75.0 | 50.4 | 60.7 | + 0.4 | 4 | 0.51 | 26.2 | 29.549 |
| July 1 | 80.8 | 51.2 | 62.3 | + 1.0 | 3 | 0.74 | 43.9 | 29.819 |
| „ 8 | 80.1 | 50.4 | 62.3 | + 0.4 | 2 | 0.13 | 31.4 | 29.899 |
| „ 15 | 83.1 | 50.9 | 66.2 | + 3.6 | 0.09 | 49.4 | 29.850 | |
| „ 22 | 88.5 | 51.4 | 70.2 | + 7.2 | 0.06 | 71.0 | 29.865 | |
| „ 29 | 81.5 | 50.5 | 64.8 | + 2.4 | 3 | 0.97 | 63.6 | 29.978 |
| Aug. 5 | 82.2 | 52.1 | 67.5 | + 5.3 | 0.09 | 79.7 | 30.001 | |
| 12 | 76.4 | 51.2 | 63.8 | + 1.3 | 0.02 | 54.9 | 29.947 | |
| „ 19 | 90.0 | 53.5 | 66.5 | + 4.5 | 0 | - | 49.4 | 29.968 |
| „ 26 | 89.3 | 50.0 | 66.4 | + 5.4 | 0 | - | 74.8 | 30.006 |
| Sep. 2 | 84.2 | 52.1 | 63.5 | + 3.3 | 6 | 0.29 | 53.4 | 29.652 |
| „ 9 | 87.3 | 47.9 | 65.6 | + 6.5 | 2 | 0.54 | 47.5 | 29.844 |
| „ 16 | 71.2 | 42.2 | 57.5 | -0.4 | 2 | 0.27 | 23.5 | 29.850 |
| „ 23 | 69.0 | 43.2 | 54.6 | + 0.2 | 4 | 0.36 | 38.3 | 29.623 |
| „ 30 | 66.7 | 371 | 52.1 | -2.7 | 5 | 1.01 | 32.5 | 29.467 |
| Oct. 7 | 63.0 | 32.5 | 49.3 | -4.0 | 4 | 0.50 | 12.2 | 29.732 |
| „ 14 | 62.9 | 31.2 | 47.3 | -3.7 | 0.12 | 38.9 | 29.899 | |
| „ 21 | 60.0 | 36.7 | 47.4 | -2.1 | 0 | - | 43.3 | 30.071 |
| „ 28 | 63.6 | 37.3 | 51.8 | + 4.0 | 3 | 1.30 | 7.8 | 29.945 |
| Nov. 4 | 62.0 | 40.0 | 53.2 | + 6.5 | 5 | 1.81 | 22.5 | 29.613 |
| „ 11 | 59.7 | 40.7 | 50.9 | + 6.4 | 6 | 2.33 | 20.9 | 29.654 |
| „ 18 | 54.9 | 35.3 | 45.9 | + 3.3 | 0 | — | 8.4 | 30.330 |
| „ 25 | 52.0 | 31.8 | 45.5 | + 3.4 | 0 | — | 00.0 | 30.206 |
| Dec. 2 | 54.4 | 28.9 | 45.3 | + 4.2 | 0 | 0.29 | 8.2 | 30.201 |
| „ 9 | 54.9 | 26.4 | 41.9 | + 10 | 4 | 0.46 | 10.0 | 29.906 |
| „ 16 | 41.8 | 19.3 | 29.9 | -10.1 | 3 | 0.05 | 7.4 | 29.704 |
| „ 23 | 41.0 | 24.2 | 34.7 | -4.5 | 3 | 0.08 | 0.7 | 29.968 |
| „ 30 | 50.2 | 25.3 | 38.8 | + 0.4 | 4 | 0.59 | 6.2 | 29.266 |