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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Year appointed. | Name. | Qualifications. | Appointment. |
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Year appointed. | Name. | Qualifications. | Appointment. |
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Year appointed. | Name. | Qualifications. | Appointment. |
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Year appointed. | Name. | Qualifications. | Appointment. |
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Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By Whom Provided. | Sessions Weekly. |
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Situation. | Nature of Accommodation | By Whom Provided. | Sessions Weekly. |
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Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Births returned in the " Birth List Sheets " as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1935. | Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 137, in Columns I., II., IV., and V. of the " Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz. :— | ||||
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Col. I. | Col. II. | Col. IV. Number in respect of whom Statutory Declaration of Conscientious Objection has been received. | Col. V. | |||
Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Died Un vaccina ted. | |||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 6. | 6. | 7. |
Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1937, remained unentered in the " Vaccination Register " on account (as shown by " Report Book ") of :— | Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1937, neither duly entered in the " Vaccination Register" (Columns 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the " Report Book " (Columns 8, 9 and 10 of this Return). | "Total Number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the Calendar Year 1936. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination officer irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during the Calendar Year 1936. | ||
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Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officers of which have been duly apprised. | Removal to places unknown or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found. |
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Entrants. | Age 7. | Age 11. | Age 14. | Entrants. | Age 7. | Age 11. | Age 14. | |||||||||
Number examined | 989 | 831 | 1,176 | 971 | 1,027 | 819 | 1,115 | 1,106 | ||||||||
Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * |
Age Groups. | Number examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness op Body. | Teeth. | Vision. | |||||||||||||
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Good | Fair | Poor | Good | Average | Below normal | Bad | Clean | Nits | Pediculi | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi | All sound | Less than 4 decayed. | 4 or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6/9 in either or both eyes. | 6/12 or worse in either or both eyes. |
Births—First visits | 1,986 |
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Under 1 Year. | 1 - | 2 - | 3 - | 4 - | 5 - | 6 - | 7 - | 8 - |
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Nature of Infringement. | No. |
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Centre. | Number on Roll of Centre. | Number of Attendances. | ||||
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Mothers. | Children. | Mothers. | Children. | |||
Expectant. | Nursing. | Expectant. | Nursing. |
Year of Birth. | Town Hall. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | New Eltham. | Slade. | St. Luke's. | N. Woolwich. | Beres-ford St. | Totals. |
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Method of Feeding. | AGE IN MONTHS. | |||||||||||||
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0.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.9 | Total. | 9.10 | 10.11 | 11.12 | Grand Total. |
Brought forward from 1935. | New Cases. | Total. | Much Improved or Cured. | Improved. | I.S.Q. | Ceased Treatment. | Treatment not yet complete |
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Disease, Defect or Condition. | BOYS. Age last Birthday. | GIRLS. Age last Birthday. | |||||
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2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total. |
Disease, Defect or Condition. | BOYS. Age last Birthday. | GIRLS. Age last Birthday | |||||
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2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Expectant | Mothers. | Nursing | Mothers. | Children | under 5. | |
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No. | Attendances. | No. | Attendances. | No. | Attendances. |
Type of Case. | Number remaining over from 1935. | New Cases. | Total Cases. | Number who completed treatment by end of year. | Number with treatment not completed. |
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Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
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Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers. Prosecuted. (4) |
Particulars. (i) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
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Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) |
Nature of Work. (1) | Instances. (2) | Notices Served. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
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Sun Street. | Sun Street (Infectious). | Eltham. | All Mortuaries. | ||
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Number of Bodies Received:- | 1935 | 1936 |
Number of Interments. | |||
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1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
No. | Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Situation. | Result. |
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No. | Date of Heating. | Offence. | Situation. | Result. |
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No. |
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Situation of Cowhouse. | No. of Sheds. | No. of Cows. | Licencee. |
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Month. | Type of Milk. | Number of Bacteria per c.c. | Bacillus coli per 1/10 c.c. |
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Month. | Cattle. | Sheep and Lambs. | Pigs. | Calves. | Total. |
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Situation of Slaughterhouse. | Owner. |
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Premises. | On Register 31st December | Number of | Legal Proceedings. | |
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Inspections. | Notices. |
Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. |
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Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. |
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Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. |
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Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. |
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1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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Quarter. | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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Quarter. | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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Sample No. | Article. | Formal or Informal. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. |
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Sample No. | Article. | Formal or Informal. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. |
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Sample No. | Article. | Formal or Informal. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. |
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No. | Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Result. |
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Age Periods. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
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Additional Dwellings required on the Standard of Table I. in the First Schedule to the 1935 Act. | Additional Dwellings required on the standard of 1½ persons a room. | ||||||
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Size. | Number. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | 5 rooms. | 6 rooms. | 7 rooms. | 8 rooms. |
Premises. | Action Taken. | Date. |
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Date of Meeting. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | Total. | |
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West. | East. |
Premises. | Accommodation Men. |
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Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Admissions to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
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Disease. | Borough | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. |
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* Diseases. | Number of Cases Notified. Age Groups. | ||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 3 years. | 3 and under 4 years. | 4 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 10 years. | 10 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 20 years. | 20 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and over. |
Year. | Smallpox | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. | Erysipelas | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | §Puerperal Pyrexia. | Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Dysentery. | Anthrax. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis. | ‡Zymotic Enteritis. | *Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | *Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary. | †Measles | X Chicken Pox. |
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Diseases. | Number of Deaths. | |||||||||||
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Age Groups. | ||||||||||||
All Ages. | Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | Total Houses. | Total Cases. |
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Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | Total Houses. | Total Cases. |
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No. in Register. | Date Admitted to Hospital. | Date Discharged. | Total Days in Hospital. | Onset of Secondary Case. | Remarks on Primary Case. |
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No. in Register. | Date Admitted to Hospital. | Date Discharged. | Total Days in Hospital. | Onset of Secondary Case. | Remarks on Primary Case. |
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No. | Date Notified. | Sex. | Age. | Diagnosis. | Final Diagnosis. | Remarks. |
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No. | Date Notified. | Sex. | Age. | Ultimate Diagnosis. | Remarks. |
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Notified Date. | Cases Treated | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | |
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At Home. | In Hospital. |
Month. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Type. | No. of Deaths. | ||||
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Lobar. | Broncho. | Influenzal. | Acute Primary (not specified) | Acute Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. |
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Totals. | |||
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M. | F. | M. | F. |
Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Kltham. | The Borough. |
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Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Year. | Lungs. | Meninges. | Intestines and Peritoneum. | Glands. | Joints. | Spine. | Other Forms. | All Causes. |
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Year. | Deaths. | Death.rates. | ||||
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All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Non. Pulmonary. | All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Non. Pulmonary. |
Case No. | Date Notified as Tuberculosis. | Cause of Death. |
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Period between Notification and Death. | Pulmonary. | Percentage. | Non. Pulmonary. | Percentage. |
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Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
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Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Contacts. | 0-5 year8. | 5-10 years. | 10-15 years. | Total. | Percentage. |
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Bodies. | Representatives. |
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Special Hospitals. | Sanatoria. | Public General Hospitals. | Training Colonies. |
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Year. | Children. | Adults. | Grand Total. | ||||
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Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Wards. | Population. |
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Occupations. | Males. | Females. |
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Occupations. | Males. | Females. |
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||
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Nett. | Under 1 year. | At all Ages. | |||||
Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
Wards. | Population. | Births. | Deaths under 1. | Deaths at all ages | |||
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Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. | Number | Rate. |
Year. | No. of Births. | No. of Live Births. Notified. | No. of Still-Births Notified. | Percentage of Births Notified. | Birth Rate. | ||
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Woolwich. | London. | England and Wales. |
Hospitals or Institutions. | Number of Deaths. |
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Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
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All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 yrs.1 | Total Deaths under 1 year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
Live Births. | Still - Births. |
of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | In Borough. | Outlying Instit utions | ||
Residents. | Non-Resid'ts. |
Causes of Death. | the Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's | River. | St. George's | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. |
Year. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Other Respiratory. | Total. | Death-Rate. | Number under 5 years. | Percentage under 5 years. |
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Rate. | Percentage of Total Deaths. |
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Seat of Primary Disease | Males. | Females. | Total. | Deaths in Hospital. |
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Year. | Abortion. | Ectopic Gestation | Placenta Praevia. | Other Puerperal Haemorrhage. | Other Accidents of Child Birth. | Child Birth with Secondary Causes. | Puerperal Eclampsia | Puerperal Phlebitis and Embolism | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. |
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Period. | Estimated mean Population. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarr-hoeal Diseases. | All other Causes. | Total Deaths. |
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d. | Estimated mean Population. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarr-hoeal Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
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Births. | Deaths under 1 year. | Rate. |
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Hospitals or Institutions. | Number of Deaths. |
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Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 1 month and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total deaths under 1 year. |
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Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. |
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' | ||
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Highest during week. | Lowest during week. | Mean temperature. |
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. | ||
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Highest during week. | Lowest during week. | Mean temperature. |