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Poplar 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Bromley, South District comprising the parishes of All Saints Poplar and Bromley Saint Leonard]
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH.
Daily Rainfalls exceeding i inch in amount, 1861-95.
| IN. | IN. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1861—May 11 | 1.065 | 1878—May 7 | 1.518 |
| „ Nov. 13 | 1.287 | „ June 13 | 1.051 |
| „ Nov. 22 | 1.000 | „ Aug 4 | 1.233 |
| 1862—April 9 | 1.098 | 1879—Aug. 23 | 1.167 |
| Aug. 17 | 1.265 | 1880—Sept. 11 | 1.354 |
| 1863—June 19 | 1.456 | „ Oct. 9 | 1.142 |
| 1865—Jan. 27 | 0.253 | „ Oct. 10 | 1.224 |
| May 23 | 1.033 | 1881—Aug. 12 | 1.306 |
| June 30 | 1.392 | 1883—Sept. 11 | 1.370 |
| „ Aug. 23 | 1.788 | 1884—June 5 | 1.024 |
| „ Oct. 19 | 1.063 | „ Sept. 4 | 1.089 |
| ,, Oct. 22 | 1.1 14 | 1886—May 13 | 1.247 |
| 1866—Jan. 11 | 1.607 | „ May 24 | 1.280 |
| „ June 4 | 0.338 | ,, Dec. 26 | 1.057 (snow) |
| 1867—July 26 | 3.666 | 1887—Aug. 17 | 1.074 |
| 1868—Jan. 22 | 0.205 | „ Nov. 3 | 1.007 |
| „ May 29 | 1.076 | 1888—June 26 | 1.703 |
| 1871—July 11 | 1.278 | „ July 30 | 2.491 |
| „ Sept. 24 | 0.145 | „ Aug. 1 | 1.441 |
| 1873—Oct. 12 | 1.055 | 1889—June 10 | 1.374 |
| 1874—July 11 | 1.030 | 1890—July 5 | 1.169 |
| Oct. 30 | 1.117 | „ July 17 | 1.192 |
| 1875—July 15 | 1.280 | 1893—July 12 | 1.010 |
| Aug. 7 | 1.241 | 1894—July 10 | 1.010 |
| 1877—Aug. 22 | 1.054 | „ Oct. 30 | 1.193 |
| 1878—April 11 | 2-510* |
*Great floods in Lee and Lewisham.
1895, Sept. 12. W. H. M. Christie,