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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
Islington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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me indication of the sunshine, rainfall, etc., daring the year. Some of these latter data office, and relate to the nearest station which records the particular item concerned.
1958
| June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Average or actual (as applic.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66.0 | 70.5 | 68.9 | 588 | 48.6 | 45.6 | 56.4 | |
| 50.9 | 55.1 | 55.8 | 54.5 | 47.5 | 40.6 | 38.1 | 44.6 |
| 58.5 | 62.8 | 62.3 | 61 .1 | 53.1 | 44.6 | 41 .9 | 50.5 |
| -1.0 | .0.2 | .0.2 | + 2.5 | + 1.5 | .0.1 | + 1.2 | +0 |
| 83 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 66 | 58 | 55 | 84 (July 9) |
| 47 | 49 | 50 | 44 | 42 | 34 | 33 | 25 (Jan. 23) |
| 4.9 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 25 | 28 |
| 263 | 236 | 72 | |||||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 5 2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| 78 | 98 | 66 | |||||
| 23 | |||||||
| 59 | |||||||
| 18 | |||||||
| 5.3 | 9.9} | 8.2 | 7.1 | 9.2 | 90 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 50 | 49 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 20 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
| 2.2 | 25 | 20 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 29.7 | 28.4 | 11.7 |
| 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 14.5 | 52.5 | 56 1 | 21.6 |
| (14-17) | (5.8) | (4.5) | — | ||||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 150 | 10.9 | 5.1 |
| (25-27) | (26.31) | (20.22) | — | ||||
| 4.7 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 7.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 6 8 | 6.1 | |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 23 5 | 24.0 | 10.9 |
| ,4.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 15.4 | 39.3 | 61.6 | 21.1 | |
| (28-30) | (4.5) | — | |||||
| 10 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 5.6 | |
| (25-27) | (26.29) | — | |||||
| 8.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 4 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 8.2 (/1 months) |
| 8.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 22.6 | 15.0 | 9.5 |
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 13.3 | 36.5 | 33.5 | 16.9 |
| (1-3) | (5.8) | (25) | (4.5) | — | |||
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 4.9 |
| 25-27 | (6.9) | — | |||||
| hangaool, dull, and every wet | Changeable | Dull, very wet | Warm and very wet | Wet at first, dry later | Dry, dull and quiet | Dull & wet, Foggy periods | A dull, wet year |
Place for smoke, Wearside others; Downham Depot for smoke, Verdant Lane for others
per 100 cub. metres; +included small insects to account in large part for an excess.