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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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METEOROLOGY—
| 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 6 | 76.1 | 48.3 | 58.1 | — 3.8 | 53.0 | 4 | 1.05 |
| 13 | 88.1 | 45.9 | 62.9 | + 0.3 | 53.5 | - | - |
| 20 | 90.3 | 46.2 | 68.7 | + 5.4 | 54.5 | 2 | 0.24 |
| 27 | 83.8 | 47.9 | 65.0 | + 2.1 | 55.6 | 2 | 0.03 |
| Aug. 3 | 75.1 | 48.3 | 59.8 | — 2.4 | 56.0 | 4 | 0.97 |
| 10 | 78.7 | 50.3 | 60.6 | — 1.6 | 56.0 | 4 | 0.72 |
| 17 | 76.4 | 45.4 | 62.2 | — 0.2 | 56.1 | 2 | 0.79 |
| 24 | 80.0 | 49.9 | 62.0 | + 0.7 | 56.2 | 4 | 0.13 |
| 31 | 90.5 | 48.7 | 65.5 | + 5.1 | 56.9 | - | - |
| Sept. 7 | 89.1 | 53.1 | 67.3 | + 7.9 | 57.1 | 1 | 0.05 |
| 14 | 88.0 | 52.0 | 66.0 | + 8.4 | 57.4 | _ | - |
| 21 | 74.7 | 46.7 | 60.6 | + 3.8 | 57.2 | 1 | 0.01 |
| 28 | 78.2 | 39.9 | 59.8 | + 4.6 | 56.9 | - | - |
| Oct. 5 | 73.3 | 41.7 | 55.9 | + 2.2 | 56.1 | 5 | 0.59 |
| 12 | 66.9 | 40.1 | 53.1 | + 1.5 | 55.4 | 5 | 0.98 |
| 19 | 67.1 | 33.8 | 52.8 | + 3.1 | 54.9 | 1 | 0.01 |
| 26 | 59.6 | 33.0 | 46.8 | — 1.3 | 53.8 | 3 | 1.05 |
| Nov. 2 | 56.3 | 29.0 | 45.2 | — 2.0 | 52.3 | 3 | 0.09 |
| 9 | 60.0 | 33.1 | 47.1 | + 1.4 | 51.3 | 3 | 0.48 |
| 16 | 56.9 | 25.9 | 39.9 | — 3.6 | 50.4 | 5 | 1.91 |
| 23 | 60.0 | 31.0 | 46.5 | + 4.2 | 48.9 | 4 | 0.55 |
| 30 | 56.5 | 39.2 | 49.6 | + 8.0 | 48.6 | 7 | 1.77 |
| Dec. 7 | 54.0 | 36.2 | 47.3 | + 6.0 | 48.6 | 6 | 2.28 |
| 14 | 57.0 | 36.2 | 47.7 | + 7.2 | 47.9 | 5 | 1.09 |
| 21 | 56.1 | 26.1 | 36.6 | — 3.3 | 47.3 | 2 | 0.43 |
| 28 | 53.9 | 31.9 | 42.6 | + 4.1 | 45.8 | 6 | 1.05 |