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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

Chelsea 1958

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1958

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Table: METEOROLOGY-1958Set out below are brief details of temperatures, rainfalls, and sunshine during the year, which are based upon recordings made at Kew Observatory and provided by the Director of the Meteorological Office.

METEOROLOGY-1958Set out below are brief details of temperatures, rainfalls, and sunshine during the year, which are based upon recordings made at Kew Observatory and provided by the Director of the Meteorological Office.

QuarterDaily Temperature of the AirTotal Rainfall(inches)Total Sunshine (hours)
Average ofHighestAverage ofLowestAverage ofMean
March45.936.041.24.98221.6
June60.246.052.17.89510.1
September68.855.561.79.16491.6
December51.743.047.66.95174.6
TOTALS:28.981397.9

Table: Rainfall and Sunshipe recorded duringthe June and September quarters of the past four years :

Rainfall and Sunshipe recorded duringthe June and September quarters of the past four years :

Rainfall (inches)TotalsSunshine (hours)Totals
1955June Quarter6.24587.3
September Quarter2.879.11601.91189.2
1956June Quarter3.02549.7
September Quarter11.6114.63438.9988.6
1957June Quarter2.28674.9
September Quarter9.5211.80444.71119.6
1958June Quarter7.89510.1
September Quarter9.1617.05491.61011.7

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Recent summers have been noteworthy both for the excessive rainfalls
and the below average hours of sunshine. Precipitation has been most
marked in the last three September quarters.