Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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METEOROLOGY—continued.
| Week ending 1924. | Temperature of the Air. | Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. | Average Temperature 4 feet below*ground. | Number of days on which rain fell. | Rainfall in inches. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest during Week. | Lowest during Week. | Mean Temperature. | |||||
| July 5 | 72.9 | 44.0 | 59.5 | — 2.3 | 56.0 | 3 | 0.13 |
| 12 | 88.8 | 51.2 | 66.0 | + 3.5 | 56.3 | — | — |
| 19 | 81.1 | 49.4 | 630 | — 0.3 | 57.1 | 3 | 1.06 |
| 26 | 78.1 | 47.6 | 59.7 | — 3.2 | 57.1 | 5 | 10.3 |
| Aug. 2 | 73.2 | 47.1 | 59.9 | — 2.4 | 57.0 | 5 | 2.13 |
| 9 | 79.9 | 45.9 | 60.6 | — 1.6 | 57.2 | 2 | 0.39 |
| 16 | 79.0 | 47.1 | 61.2 | — 1.2 | 57.6 | 2 | 0.09 |
| 23 | 70.2 | 45.6 | 56.8 | — 4.7 | 57.7 | 7 | 0.49 |
| 30 | 70.4 | 45.6 | 56.9 | — 3.6 | 57.1 | 4 | 0.62 |
| Sept. 6 | 71.9 | 48.9 | 59.3 | — 0.3 | 57.2 | 3 | 0.38 |
| 13 | 71.7 | 45.1 | 59.3 | + 0.9 | 57.4 | 6 | 0.28 |
| 20 | 67.9 | 45.0 | 58.6 | + 1.5 | 57.2 | 5 | 0.66 |
| 27 | 65.8 | 41.7 | 53.0 | — 2.4 | 56.9 | 6 | 1.16 |
| Oct. 4 | 65.9 | 38.7 | 52.6 | — 1.4 | 56.1 | 2 | 0.74 |
| 11 | 64.3 | 43.1 | 53.6 | + 1.7 | 55.2 | 5 | 0.92 |
| 18 | 68.7 | 35.9 | 53.6 | + 3.6 | 55.0 | — | .— |
| 25 | 57.0 | 33.1 | 47.2 | — 11 | 54.3 | 3 | 0.80 |
| Nov. 1 | 63.0 | 41.3 | 52.7 | + 5.4 | 53.0 | 7 | 1.89 |
| 8 | 59.0 | 26.0 | 45.5 | — 0.5 | 52.3 | — | — |
| 15 | 57.0 | 36.6 | 46.2 | + 2.4 | 50.9 | 4 | 1.23 |
| 22 | 52.2 | 25.2 | 41.8 | — 0.5 | 49.9 | 2 | 0.03 |
| 29 | 55.3 | 37.8 | 47.4 | + 5.7 | 49.2 | 5 | 100 |
| Dec. 6 | 55.4 | 38.4 | 48.4 | + 7.2 | 490 | 6 | 0.85 |
| 13 | 50.1 | 29.0 | 37.8 | — 2.9 | 48.3 | 1 | 0.15 |
| 20 | 44.4 | 32.7 | 44.5 | + 4.3 | 47.1 | 2 | 0.29 |
| 27 | 52.8 | 36.6 | 45.8 | + 7.3 | 46.9 | 4 | 1.40 |
| 1925. | |||||||
| Jan. 3 | 51.3 | 351 | 44.8 | + 61 | 46.5 | 6 | 1.35 |