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.
Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the year 1929.
| 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. | |||||
| Jan. 5 | 40.1 | 29.1 | 35.3 | — 3.2 | 45.0 | 3 | 0.43 |
| 12 | 37.9 | 28.4 | 32.3 | — 5.6 | 44.0 | 1 | 0.30 |
| 19 | 46.3 | 23.3 | 34.7 | — 3.6 | 43.1 | 4 | 0.10 |
| 26 | 45.9 | 26.3 | 35.2 | — 3.7 | 42.2 | 3 | 0.06 |
| Feb. 2 | 52.7 | 23.0 | 40.9 | + 1.3 | 42.0 | 5 | 0.53 |
| 9 | 43.8 | 22.9 | 34.9 | — 4.5 | 42.1 | 2 | 0.09 |
| 16 | 41.2 | 12.0 | 24.7 | —14.4 | 41.4 | 2 | 0.05 |
| 23 | 53.2 | 16.0 | 33.1 | — 6.5 | 40.1 | 1 | 0.03 |
| March 2 | 44.8 | 23.1 | 31.6 | — 8.6 | 39.2 | 1 | 0.07 |
| 9 | 67.7 | 20.6 | 38.9 | — 2.0 | 39.9 | - | - |
| 16 | 65.1 | 29.1 | 40.5 | — 0.9 | 39.4 | - | - |
| 23 | 690 | 280 | 45.1 | + 3.1 | 40.1 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 30 | 70.3 | 33.4 | 51.3 | + 7.9 | 41.5 | 1 | 0.01 |
| April 6 | 58.9 | 25.4 | 43.6 | — 2.2 | 42.4 | 3 | 0.23 |
| 13 | 31.7 | 330 | 35.8 | — 3.2 | 42.8 | 4 | 0.35 |
| 20 | 74.1 | 29.7 | 49.0 | + 1.6 | 43.1 | - | 0.00 |
| 27 | 59.6 | 31.0 | 43.6 | — 5.1 | 43.9 | 1 | 0.03 |
| May 4 | 61.8 | 29.1 | 44.7 | — 4.6 | 44.1 | 4 | 0.56 |
| 11 | 67.8 | 40.3 | 51.3 | + 0.3 | 44.9 | 5 | 0.89 |
| 18 | 65.8 | 41.2 | 52.5 | — 0.2 | 46.3 | 3 | 0.38 |
| 25 | 83.2 | 37.4 | 60.0 | + 5.5 | 47.7 | 1 | 0.55 |
| June 1 | 78.4 | 43.9 | 57.7 | + 1.2 | 49.4 | - | - |
| 8 | 71.2 | 43.2 | 55.6 | — 2.6 | 50.4 | 7 | 0.84 |
| 15 | 730 | 44.0 | 59.3 | + 0.9 | 61.1 | 3 | 0.35 |
| 22 | 82.7 | 44.6 | 61.5 | + 1.9 | 52.2 | 2 | 0.05 |
| 29 | 73.0 | 44.3 | 56.4 | — 5.0 | 52.9 | — | — |