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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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APPENDIX II.
Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the year 1931.
| 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. 10 | 39.1 | 26.1 | 33.2 | — 4.8 | 44.9 | 1 | 001 |
| „ 17 | 52.0 | 29.5 | 40.9 | + 2.8 | 44.0 | 4 | 0.12 |
| „ 24 | 51.0 | 30.9 | 44.1 | + 5.3 | 44.0 | 5 | 0.34 |
| „ 31 | 45.1 | 25.6 | 390 | — 0.5 | 44.2 | 6 | 0.44 |
| Feb. 7 | 46.5 | 26.5 | 36.3 | — 3.3 | 43.5 | 6 | 0.35 |
| „ 14 | 52.4 | 28.1 | 41.0 | + 2.1 | 43.2 | 6 | 0.38 |
| „ 21 | 48.1 | 30.1 | 38.1 | — 1.5 | 42.9 | 4 | 0.24 |
| „ 28 | 55.2 | 28.0 | 41.5 | + 1.5 | 42.8 | 3 | 0.44 |
| Mar. 7 | 43.6 | 23.9 | 34.4 | — 6.3 | 42.6 | 2 | 0.11 |
| „ 14 | 54.9 | 210 | 33.9 | — 7.2 | 41.8 | 1 | 0.05 |
| „ 21 | 68.9 | 29.0 | 470 | + 51 | 41.7 | 1 | 0.01 |
| 28 | 61.7 | 33.6 | 45.3 | + 2.6 | 43.2 | 2 | 0.15 |
| April 4 | 550 | 30.9 | 42.8 | — 2.5 | 43.7 | 4 | 1.14 |
| April 11 | 66.3 | 37.1 | 490 | + 2.9 | 44.3 | 3 | 0.32 |
| „ 18 | 69.4 | 33.0 | 47.1 | + 0.2 | 45.5 | 5 | 0.62 |
| ,, 25 | 62.1 | 36.0 | 45.5 | — 30 | 45.8 | 6 | 1.27 |
| May 2 | 64.7 | 37.7 | 49.3 | †0.3 | 46.3 | 3 | 0.52 |
| 9 | 68.1 | 39.1 | 51.0 | + 0.5 | 47.1 | 4 | 1.10 |
| „ 16 | 70.2 | 41.2 | 55.2 | + 2.9 | 48.4 | 2 | 0.48 |
| „ 23 | 68.3 | 40.6 | 50.2 | — 3.8 | 493 | 5 | 0.88 |
| „ 30 | 73.2 | 42.6 | 58.6 | + 2.6 | 50.2 | 5 | 0.41 |
| June 6 | 73.1 | 47.0 | 59.1 | + 1.1 | 51.7 | 3 | 0.50 |
| „ 13 | 77.6 | 5.10 | 61.2 | + 3.0 | 53.0 | 3 | 0.28 |
| „ 20 | 79.9 | 46.6 | 58.6 | — 0.5 | 54.2 | 3 | 0.35 |
| „ 27 | 79.5 | 41.4 | 60.2 | — 0.9 | 54.8 | 1 | 0.09 |
| July 4 | 79.7 | 47.2 | 630 | + 1.4 | 55.2 | 1 | 0.01 |
| July 11 | 78.9 | 49.1 | 62.8 | + 0.4 | 55.9 | 1 | 002 |
| „ 18 | 81.2 | 53.5 | 61.5 | — 1.8 | 56.4 | 5 | 0.91 |
| „ 25 | 79.9 | 47.7 | 61.0 | — 2.0 | 56.5 | 3 | 0.67 |
| Aug. 1 | 75.0 | 50.2 | 60.2 | — 21 | 57.0 | 4 | 0.86 |
| 8 | 79.2 | 50.1 | 63.8 | + 1.6 | 57.4 | 6 | 3.01 |
| „ 15 | 73.9 | 45.9 | 58.2 | — 4.2 | 57.9 | 6 | 1.60 |
| „ 22 | 74.7 | 49.3 | 59.7 | — 20 | 58.0 | 5 | 1.54 |
| „ 29 | 69.0 | 41.7 | 55.2 | — 5.4 | 57.6 | 1 | 0.06 |
| Sept. 5 | 70.1 | 50.7 | 57.9 | — 1.8 | 570 | 6 | 0.77 |
| „ 12 | 64.9 | 35.1 | 500 | — 8.6 | 56.7 | 1 | 0.43 |
| „ 19 | 71.5 | 40.7 | 55.9 | — 1.4 | 55.7 | 3 | 0.19 |
| „ 26 | 63.9 | 43.3 | 52.3 | — 3.2 | 55.5 | 5 | 0.18 |
| Oct. 3 | 68.7 | 45.8 | 54.9 | + 0.6 | 55.0 | 2 | 0.04 |