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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 6.—Meteorological Table for Saint Pancras, 1925.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer— Mean Pressure at 32° F. at station level (Bar. 112 ft. above M.S.L.) | 30.257 | 29.684 | 30.175 | 29866 | 29.807 | 30.136 | 29.926 | 29.982 | 29.992 | 29.944 | 29.944 | 29.781 |
| Air temperature— Mean of— Maximum A | 46.5 | 47.2 | 47.8 | 55.5 | 64.8 | 72.7 | 74.2 | 69.7 | 62.3 | 59.7 | 456 | 42.5 |
| Minimum B | 37.8 | 37.9 | 36.1 | 40.6 | 48.1 | 52.0 | 56.6 | 55.0 | 47.5 | 46.1 | 36.8 | 34.5 |
| Mean of A and B | 42.1 | 42.5 | 41.9 | 48.1 | 56.5 | 62.3 | 65.4 | 62.3 | 54.9 | 52.9 | 41.2 | 38.5 |
| Difference from Average | +3.3 | +2.5 | —1.0 | —0.3 | + 1.4 | +1.3 | +1.1 | —0.9 | —3.7 | +2.2 | —3.1 | —2.0 |
| Humidity—Morning | 91 | 87 | 83 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 90 | 88 | 91 |
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 45.4 | 44.5 | 43.3 | 44.7 | 48.8 | 55.3 | 58.6 | 59.2 | 57.1 | 54.1 | 50.2 | 44.0 |
| Bright Sunshine— Total Observed (daily mean) Hrs. | 1.04 | 1.78 | 2.47 | 3.26 | 6.43 | 8.85 | 5.79 | 4.09 | 3.29 | 2.63 | 2.04 | 0.86 |
| Percent of total possible | 12 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 54 | 36 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 11 |
| Difference from average Hrs. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rain and other forms of precipitation— Number of Days | 11 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 17 |
| Total Fall Ins. | 2.01 | 2.86 | 0.68 | 1.63 | 1.66 | 0.11 | 3.58 | 2.71 | 2.25 | 3.09 | 1.54 | 2.79 |
| Difference from average ,, | +0.16 | + 1.22 | —1.18 | +0.08 | —0.12 | —1.89 | + 1.18 | +0.51 | +0.43 | +0.47 | —0.83 | +0.39 |
Hour of observation, 9 a.m. (Greenwich time). The readings for Bright Sunshine are those taken at Regents Rark—no readings being recorded at
Camden Square.