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Lewisham 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table 54

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1969

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberAverage or actual
Temperature—1 MeanC6.42.34.58.512.114.317.916.914.713.16.33.710.1
Rainfall Total2in.1.961.852.320.281.451.113.372.360.210.162.571.5319.17
Per cent. of averages1181011503311660121164671288090
Sunshine—1 Daily meanhrs.1.172.522.116.855.348.847.274.913.973.852.350.534.1
Per cent. of average79112581288312411481841221334197
Wind—1 NE/E/SE%1836742926351619481372729
S/SW/W°/74271950574140382855664244
NW/N/Calm%837721172444432432273127
Atmospheric pollution Creekside Depot Water insol. mattertpm14.6064.9785.9842.0845.4728.5339.8116.2626.5713.6656.1776.7342.57
Water sol. mattertpm7.4112.5113.245.9914.6212.1712.979.437.415.3311.0611.4410.30
Lewisham Town Hall— Smoke, daily average*117117786068374854628510914181
Sulphur, daily average*203296274133138149140123105112116230168
Valentine Court— Smoke, daily average*51845732221926283444508244
Sulphur, daily average*167256236104112131118981119695195143
Deptford Town Hall— Smoke, daily average*85114116634652668584145Defective12389
Sulphur, daily average*222330344352161198214210219317Meter275258
Creekside— Smoke, daily average*65136103355436424951639714073
Sulphur, daily average*226342362151153185163123135151140276201
Weather Summary ...Dull and mildCold with heavy snowCold and dullSunny but coldDull, wet and thunderySunny, heavy rain at timesSunny, some heavy rainChangeable with thundery spellsVery dryUnusually warm and very drySunny cold some heavy rain & snowCold and dull

Notes— 1 Kew; * Lewisham; tpm: Tons per square mile per month; * microgrammes per cubic metre