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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
Woolwich 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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METEOROLOGY—continued.
| Week ending | 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 11 | 81.5 | 51.0 | 62.3 | — 0.1 | 55.1 | 1 | 0.41 |
| „ 18 | 87.8 | 49.9 | 68.1 | + 4.8 | 56.1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| „ 25 | 89.5 | 52.0 | 67.4 | + 4.4 | 57.5 | 6 | 2.21 |
| Aug. 1 | 71.3 | 50.0 | 58.0 | — 4.3 | 58.1 | 5 | 1.12 |
| „ 8 | 74.3 | 41.1 | 60.6 | — 1.5 | 57.9 | 3 | 0.53 |
| „ 15 | 76.4 | 50.2 | 61.6 | — 0.8 | 58.3 | 5 | 0.37 |
| „ 22 | 83.1 | 48.9 | 61.7 | + 0.0 | 58.8 | 2 | 0.44 |
| „ 29 | 75.3 | 46.7 | 60.5 | — 0.1 | 58.6 | 3 | 0.88 |
| Sept. 5 | 80.6 | 40.5 | 57.2 | — 2.5 | 58.7 | 4 | 0.27 |
| „ 12 | 64.5 | 42.8 | 52.7 | — 5.9 | 57.7 | 3 | 0.26 |
| „ 19 | 67.5 | 39.1 | 54.2 | — 3.1 | 56.5 | 2 | 0.41 |
| „ 26 | 63.3 | 38.2 | 52.5 | - 3.0 | 56.0 | 5 | 1.04 |
| Oct. 3 | 70.6 | 41.1 | 57.1 | + 2.8 | 55.4 | 1 | 0.04 |
| Oct. 10 | 70.0 | 36.9 | 52.9 | + 6.7 | 55.7 | 2 | 0.02 |
| „ 17 | 65.7 | 33.4 | 47.1 | — 3.0 | 54.5 | 4 | 0.48 |
| „ 24 | 66.1 | 38.1 | 53.8 | + 5.2 | 53.5 | 7 | 1.76 |
| „ 31 | 63.9 | 38.1 | 52.8 | + 5.4 | 53.3 | 1 | 0.16 |
| Nov. 7 | 61.4 | 40.3 | 51.3 | + 5.0 | 52.8 | 6 | 1.08 |
| „ 14 | 48.6 | 26.6 | 37.6 | — 6.5 | 51.3 | 2 | 0.13 |
| „ 21 | 47.4 | 29.1 | 40.6 | — 1.9 | 49.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| „ 28 | 46.0 | 24.9 | 35.7 | — 6.1 | 47.7 | 2 | 0.15 |
| Dec. 5 | 42.0 | 21.4 | 33.0 | — 8.2 | 46.0 | 3 | 0.08 |
| „ 12 | 50.9 | 23.5 | 40.9 | + 0.2 | 44.6 | 2 | 0.11 |
| „ 19 | 45.8 | 23.7 | 34.9 | — 5.5 | 43.7 | 1 | 0.02 |
| „ 26 | 51.8 | 31.0 | 38.1 | — 0.4 | 43.2 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 1926. | |||||||
| Jan. 2 | 56.6 | 34.8 | 48.5 | + 9.7 | 43.6 | 7 | 1.65 |