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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 5.—Meteorological Table for Saint Pancras, 1930. (Deduced from observations at Camden Square, N.W. 1.)
| 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.) | 29.799 | 30.082 | 29.862 | 29.788 | 29.961 | 30.004 | 29.845 | 29.891 | 29.935 | 29.382 | 29.885 | 29.918 |
| Air Temperature— Mean of— A. Maximum | 48.1 | 42.2 | 50.5 | 55.1 | 62.0 | 721 | 70.1 | 72.6 | 65.6 | 59.6 | 50.4 | 44.6 |
| B. Minimum | 39.7 | 34.9 | 36.1 | 42.7 | 47.3 | 540 | 55.7 | 55.9 | 53.1 | 47.1 | 39.8 | 36.9 |
| Mean of A and B | 43.9 | 38.5 | 43.3 | 48.9 | 54.7 | 631 | 62.9 | 64.3 | 59.3 | 53.3 | 45.1 | 40.7 |
| Difference from Average | +5.1 | —1.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | —0.4 | +2.1 | –1.4 | + 1.1 | + 0.7 | +2.6 | +0.8 | + 0.2 |
| Humidity—Morning | 9.0 | 88 | 85 | 83 | 77 | 74 | 71 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 88 | 93 |
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 45.8 | 441 | 43.1 | 45.2 | 48.8 | 53.6 | 57.3 | 57.4 | 578 | 55.2 | 51.4 | 47.9 |
| Bright Sunshine— Total Observed (daily mean) Hrs. | 1.17 | 1.99 | 3.98 | 3.54 | 523 | 7.36 | 5.28 | 6.59 | 3.81 | 3.69 | 1.98 | 0.63 |
| Per cent. of total possible | 14 | 20 | 34 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 33 | 45 | 30 | 35 | 22 | 8 |
| Difference from average Hrs. | – | – | — | — | – | — | — | — | — | – | — | — |
| Rain and other forms of precipitation— Number of Days | 17 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 15 |
| Total Fall Ins. | 2.51 | 1.01 | 1.60 | 1.86 | 2.67 | 3.18 | 2.00 | 2.94 | 3.58 | 1.27 | 4.27 | 1.95 |
| Difference from average | +0.67 | —0.63 | —0.24 | +0-32 | +0.91 | + 1.18 | —0.39 | +0.75 | +1.77 | —1.38 | + 1.93 | -0.47 |
Hour of observation, 9 a.m. (Greenwich time). The readings for Bright Sunshine are those taken at Hampstead—no readings being recorded at
Camden Square.