London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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METEOROLOGY—
| Week ending. | Tomperature 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 | 7 14 21 28 | 75.9 | 49.7 | 61.3 | — 0.8 | 53.7 | 3 | 0.53 |
| 89.1 | 50.2 | 68.4 | + 5.6 | 54.6 | 1 | 0.02 | ||
| 91.1 | 48.4 | 68.4 | + 5.0 | 55.7 | - | - | ||
| 92.0 | 51.0 | 68.5 | + 5.8 | 56.5 | 2 | 0.69 | ||
| Aug. | 4 11 18 25 | 73.6 | 48.6 | 59.3 | — 2.9 | 56.9 | 6 | 2.27 |
| 83.7 | 45.9 | 63.8 | + 1.5 | 57.0 | 2 | 0.14 | ||
| 75.6 | 47.4 | 60.9 | — 1.4 | 57.1 | 3 | 0.15 | ||
| 77.2 | 45.0 | 62.2 | + 1.0 | 57.2 | 3 | 0.35 | ||
| Sept. | 1 8 15 22 29 | 74.5 | 46.2 | 60.1 | — 0.1 | 57.3 | 3 | 0.73 |
| 83.0 | 44.0 | 62.7 | + 3.4 | 57.1 | - | - | ||
| 72.9 | 44.1 | 58.9 | + 0.9 | 570 | 2 | 0.33 | ||
| 74.0 | 36.7 | 55.0 | _ j.5 | 56.5 | - | - | ||
| 65.1 | 34.0 | 51.5 | — 3.6 | 55.5 | 4 | 0.35 | ||
| Oct. | 6 13 20 27 | 67.0 | 34.0 | 50.2 | — 3.2 | 54.6 | 1 | 002 |
| 68.0 | 33.9 | 52.9 | + 1.6 | 54.0 | 3 | 0.27 | ||
| 66.1 | 29.3 | 52.6 | + 3.0 | 53.4 | 7 | 1.42 | ||
| 62.0 | 41.0 | 51.5 | + 3.5 | 53.0 | 6 | 1.63 | ||
| Nov. | 3 10 17 24 | 60.0 | 39.7 | 48.3 | + 1.2 | 52.3 | 4 | 0.11 |
| 57.0 | 27.5 | 42.8 | — 2.5 | 51.4 | 2 | 0.09 | ||
| 60.1 | 41.7 | 52.2 | + 8.9 | 50. 7 | 7 | 0.79 | ||
| 58.2 | 41.4 | 50.9 | + 8.8 | 50.5 | 4 | 0.53 | ||
| Dec. | 1 8 15 22 29 | 55.6 | 32.9 | 44.9 | + 3.5 | 50.0 | 2 | 0.34 |
| 50.9 | 26.6 | 40.1 | — 1.1 | 49.0 | 2 | 0.16 | ||
| 39.7 | 23.9 | 33.6 | — 6.9 | 47.4 | 3 | 0.30 | ||
| 48.0 | 28.5 | 39.7 | + 0.2 | 46.1 | 5 | 0.40 | ||
| 54.7 | 34.1 | 41.7 | + 31 | 45.7 | 6 | 116 | ||