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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
Bromley 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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15
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
The Borough Engineer has kindly supplied the following
details for 1949, from records kept by his Department at the
Climatological Station at Church House Grounds:—
Total rainfall: 18.29 inches (24.48 inches during 1948).
Mean maximum daily temperature: 61.1°.
Mean minimum daily temperature: 44.4°.
Highest maximum temperature: 88.0° (on 27th June, 1949).
Lowest minimum temperature: 19.0° (on 4th February, 1949).
Lowest grass temperature: Not available, as replacement instrument
only received in May, 1949.
| Acres | Roods | Poles | Acres | Roods | Poles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmstead Woods | 61 | 1 | 36 | |||
| Keston Common | 55 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Hayes Common (incl. Pick-hurst Green) | 213 | 1 | 32 | |||
| Hollydale | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| New Street Hill | 11 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Southborough | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Turpington | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 355 | 3 | 30 | ||||
| Kings Meadow | 9 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Martins Hill | 12 | 0 | 29 | |||
| Oakley Road | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Queens Mead | 10 | 3 | 15 | |||
| Widmore | 3 | 1 | 28 | |||
| Whitehall | 17 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Norman Park (reserved) | 56 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 110 | 3 | 38 | ||||
| Church House Grounds | 12 | 3 | 20 | |||
| Hayes (Old) Rectory Grounds | 2 | 0 | 25 | |||
| Husseywell Crescent | 2 | 1 | 30 | |||
| Library Garden | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Queens Garden | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| The Knoll | 4 | 1 | 39 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 38 | ||||
| 492 | 2 | 26 | ||||
| Golf Course (Bromley and Bickley) | 103 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 595 | 3 | 26 | |||