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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR SAINT PANCRAS, 1909.
Deduced from Observations at Camden Square, n.w., under the Superintendence of H. Robert Mill, d.sc., l.i..d.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | J une. | July. | 1 August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baro-mcter. | Mean Pressure at 32o F. at Station Level* (Bar 159 ft. above M.S.L.) | 30.038 | 30.009 | 29.398 | 29.861 | 29.980 | 29.889 | 29.810 | 29.881 | 29.905 | 29.688 | 29.898 | 29.551 | ||
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | Minimum A | 34.0 | 303 | 34.2 | 39.9 | 42.8 | 48.5 | 53.1 | 53.4 | 48.6 | 47.8 | 36.3 | 35.1 | |
| Maximum B | 42.6 | 43.6 | 45.3 | 60.4 | 65.9 | 63.9 | 70.4 | 73.3 | 636 | 59.1 | 471 | 45.5 | |||
| Mean of A. and B | 38.3 | 37.0 | 39.8 | 50.2 | 54.4 | 56.2 | 61.8 | 63.4 | 56.1 | 53.5 | 41.7 | 40.3 | |||
| Difference from Average † | —0.3 | —3.0 | —3.2 | +1.7 | +01 | —4.7 | —2.6 | +0.1 | —2.4 | +31 | —2.2 | +0.8 | |||
| Humidity | 90 | 87 | 86 | 75 | 71 | 81 | 77 | 81 | 88 | 88 | 91 | 90 | |||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 43.6 | 40 9 | 39.3 | 44.0 | 49.5 | 53.1 | 55.9 | 53.8 | 57.1 | 54.8 | 49.3 | 44.2 | |||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed Hours | 45 | 67 | 60 | 219 | 276 | 92 | 163 | 189 | 101 | 69 | 59 | 30 | ||
| Per cent, of total possible | 18 | 21 | 16 | 53 | 58 | 19 | 33 | 42 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 13 | |||
| Difference from Average Hours | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Bain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 13 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 24 | ||
| Total Fall Inches | 0.71 | 050 | 2.85 | 1.90 | 1.80 | 3.79 | 3.49 | 1.46 | 2.56 | 4.16 | 0.75 | 2.79 | |||
| Difference from Average † ,, | —1.16 | —1.13 | + 1.19 | + 0.22 | +0.05 | + 1.50 | +0.92 | -0.93 | +0.39 | + 1.42 | —1.61 | +0.74 | |||