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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
St Pancras 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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(Extracted from the Registrar General's Quarterly Reports.)
Deduced from oberservation at camden squre,n.w., under the Superintendence of H.robet mill,D.sc.,L.L.D.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baro- 1 meter. | Mean Pressure at 32° F. at Station Level1 (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L. | 29.837 | 29.472 | 29.853 | 29.825 | 29.827 | 29.927 | 29.909 | 29.899 | 29.950 | 29.935 | 29.943 | 29.817 | |
| All- Temperature. | Mean of | Vlinimum A. | 34.8 | 34.8 | 34.5 | 42.4 | 46.7 | 49.4 | 56.4 | 52.7 | 48.3 | 44.7 | 36.7 | 36.6 |
| Maximum B. | 44.1 | 44.6 | 47.9 | 59.0 | 63.4 | 70.1 | 77.7 | 73.6 | 65. 7 | 57.7 | 47.8 | 45.2 | ||
| Mean of A | 39.5 | 39.7 | 41.2 | 50.7 | 55.1 | 59.8 | 67.1 | 63.2 | 57.0 | 51.2 | 42.3 | 40.9 | ||
| Difference from Average † | + 1.0 | —0.3 | —1.6 | + 2.2 | +0. 9 | —1.2 | + 2 9 | —0.2 | —1.5 | + 1.2 | —1.7 | +1.6 | ||
| Humidity | 94 | 67 | 87 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 87 | 91 | 92 | 92 | ||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 42..4 | 41.8 | 40.8 | 44.3 | 48.9 | 53.8 | 58.6 | 60.6 | 57.7 | 53.7 | 50.1 | 44.9 | ||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Possible Hours | 254 | 235 | 364 | 411 | 480 | 491 | 492 | 445 | 374 | 325 | 260 | 237 | |
| Total Observed | 20.5 | 41.5 | 62.3 | 141.3 | 128.4 | 185.7 | 234.8 | 199.6 | 133.3 | 56.2 | 35.0 | 15.3 | ||
| Difference from Axerage † | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rain and other forms of Precipitation | (Number of Days | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 19 | |
| Total Fall Inches | 233 | 2-53 | 1-72 | 102 | 1-96 | 0-84 | 2-42 | 1-59 | 117 | 1-56 | 1-70 | 1-79 | ||
| Difference from Average † | +0.24 | +0.85 | +0.10 | —0.66 | +0.19 | —1.21 | +0.06 | —0.74 | -1.14 | —1.18 | - 0.63 | —0.46 | ||
* The hours of observation are 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. lccal time.
† The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 35 years for Rainfall ; 30 years for Temperature ; and 20 years for Sunshine.