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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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T able N o . 5.—M eteorological T able for S aint P ancras , 1932.
| 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.) | 30.235 | 30.474 | 29.990 | 29.771 | 29.871 | 30.085 | 29.904 | 30.098 | 29.931 | 29.717 | 30.101 | 30.115 | |
| Air Temperature— Mean of— | |||||||||||||
| A. Maximum | 48.4 | 42.6 | 49.2 | 52.6 | 60.7 | 69.2 | 71.0 | 76.9 | 65.4 | 55.8 | 49.0 | 46.7 | |
| B. Minimum | 40.0 | 33.4 | 34.7 | 40.4 | 47.2 | 51.7 | 56.8 | 59.0 | 51.8 | 14.3 | 41.4 | 39.5 | |
| Mean of A and B | 44.2 | 38.0 | 41.9 | 46.5 | 53.9 | 60.5 | 63.9 | 67.9 | 58.6 | 50.1 | 45.2 | 43.1 | |
| Difference from Average | +5.4 | —2.0 | —1.0 | —1.9 | —1.2 | —0.5 | —0.4 | +4.7 | 0.0 | -0.6 | +0.9 | +2.6 | |
| Humidity—Morning | 89.3 | 87.1 | 80.9 | 78.4 | 78.2 | 69.2 | 74.4 | 77.3 | 83.4 | 84.5 | 87.8 | 88.9 | |
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 456 | 43.5 | 41.9 | 44.2 | 47.8 | 53.0 | 57.6 | — | 59.5 | 54.8 | 50.9 | 47.2 | |
| Bright Sunshine— Total Observed (daily mean) Hrs. | 1.30 | 2.26 | 4.27 | 3.59 | 3.60 | 7.06 | 4.60 | 6.11 | 3.22 | 2.93 | 1.01 | 1.40 | |
| Per cent. of total possible | 16 | 23 | 36 | 26 | 24 | 43 | 29 | 42 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 18 | |
| Difference from average Hrs. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rain and other forms of precipitation— Number of Days | 13 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 6 | |
| Total Fall Ins. | 1.60 | 0.27 | 1.52 | 2.28 | 3.76 | 0.70 | 1.93 | 1.57 | 2.56 | 5.25 | 1.38 | 0.47 | |
| Difference from average ,, | —0.24 | —1.38 | —0.32 | +0.75 | +1.97 | —1.30 | —0.47 | —0.63 | +0.75 | +2.60 | —0.98 | —1.93 | |
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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.