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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 1930
[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 1930.
| 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. 4 | 53.9 | 32.0 | 45.4 | + 6.8 | 45.2 | 4 | 0.60 |
| „ 11 | 48.7 | 31.6 | 42.4 | + 4.4 | 45.3 | 5 | 0.97 |
| „ 18 | 55.4 | 33.0 | 46.0 | + 7.8 | 45.0 | 3 | 0.30 |
| „ 25 | 58.6 | 28.4 | 44.8 | + 5.9 | 45.0 | 3 | 0.40 |
| Feb. 1 | 50.6 | 30.8 | 41.0 | + 1.4 | 45.0 | 5 | 0.90 |
| „ 8 | 46.0 | 31.8 | 38.9 | - 0.6 | 44.5 | 3 | 0.29 |
| „ 15 | 47.3 | 31.1 | 37.7 | — 1.3 | 43.8 | 2 | 0.19 |
| ,, 22 | 43.8 | 30.8 | 36.1 | — 3.5 | 43.2 | — | — |
| Mar. 1 | 51.9 | 31.3 | 39.6 | — 06 | 42.8 | - | - |
| „ 8 | 42.9 | 33.2 | 45.6 | + 4.8 | 43.1 | 1 | 0.12 |
| „ 15 | 53.6 | 29.0 | 40.5 | — 0.7 | 43.5 | 6 | 0.75 |
| „ 22 | 51.0 | 25.4 | 40.2 | — 1.8 | 43.4 | 4 | 0.46 |
| „ 29 | 62.5 | 28.0 | 46.2 | + 3.2 | 43.4 | 1 | 0.11 |
| April 5 | 65.4 | 39.1 | 48.4 | + 2.8 | 44.4 | 4 | 0.67 |
| „ 12 | 62.2 | 35.6 | 46.9 | + 0.8 | 45.1 | 3 | 0.10 |
| „ 19 | 54.9 | 36.1 | 43.6 | — 3.6 | 45.5 | 6 | 0.51 |
| „ 26 | 71.9 | 30.1 | 49.1 | + 0.5 | 45.6 | 3 | 0.10 |
| May 3 | 67.9 | 39.1 | 51.5 | + 2.3 | 46.8 | 2 | 0.19 |
| „ 10 | 68.7 | 38.7 | 49.8 | — 0.9 | 45.0 | 5 | 0.69 |
| „ 17 | 69.2 | 44.0 | 55.0 | + 2.4 | 48.5 | 4 | 0.32 |
| „ 24 | 66.4 | 42.1 | 52.5 | — 1.7 | 49.5 | 5 | 0.38 |
| „ 31 | 74.3 | 44.0 | 57.6 | + 1.4 | 50.4 | 4 | 1.28 |
| June 7 | 76.3 | 47.7 | 59.2 | + 1.1 | 51.6 | 2 | 0.55 |
| „ 14 | 76.2 | 40.5 | 59.4 | + 1.2 | 52.8 | — | — |
| „ 21 | 82.9 | 50.2 | 64.1 | + 4.8 | 54.0 | 2 | 2.85 |
| „ 28 | 76.2 | 45.2 | 61.6 | + 0.3 | 55.3 | 3 | 0.35 |
| July 5 | 83.0 | 46.6 | 66.2 | + 4.4 | 56.0 | 1 | 0.01 |
| ,, 12 | 83.9 | 51.1 | 64.0 | + 1.5 | 56.9 | — | — |
| „ 19 | 76.5 | 47.5 | 60.5 | — 2.8 | 57.0 | 4 | 0.73 |
| „ 26 | 68.7 | 47.6 | 57.0 | — 6.0 | 56.8 | 5 | 0.68 |
| Aug. 2 „ 9 | 75.4 | 51.7 | 61.9 | — 0.3 | 56.8 | 4 | 0.40 |
| 71.5 | 49.0 | 58.7 | — 3.5 | 57.1 | 6 | 0.80 | |
| „ 16 | 72.1 | 48.7 | 60.7 | — 1.7 | 57.4 | 5 | 0.44 |
| „ 23 | 76.1 | 47.7 | 60.2 | — 1.3 | 57.6 | 3 | 0.64 |
| „ 30 | 92.2 | 47.7 | 70.6 | + 10.1 | 57.9 | 2 | 0.89 |
| Sept. 6 | 81.5 | 44.0 | 61.7 | + 2.1 | 58.8 | 2 | 0.50 |
| „ 13 | 73.3 | 50.7 | 60.1 | + 1.8 | 58.5 | 5 | 0.62 |
| „ 20 | 66.4 | 44.7 | 56.9 | — 0.2 | 58.1 | 6 | 0.91 |
| „ 27 | 70.3 | 47.2 | 56.9 | + 1.5 | 57.8 | 5 | 0.59 |