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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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APPENDIX.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, DURING THE YEAR 1937.
| 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. 2 | 52.7 | 31.0 | 43.5 | +4.8 | 46.4 | 3 | 0.73 |
| „ 9 | 53.5 | 30.0 | 43.5 | +5.4 | 46.5 | 2 | 0.25 |
| „ 16 | 52.0 | 29.5 | 40.7 | +2.7 | 45.7 | 5 | 0.37 |
| „ 23 | 52.1 | 30.2 | 44.0 | +5.3 | 45.2 | 7 | 1.34 |
| „ 30 | 52.6 | 28.3 | 38.0 | -1.4 | 45.2 | 5 | 0.71 |
| Feb. 6 | 54.6 | 35.2 | 46.9 | +7.3 | 45.0 | 5 | 1.06 |
| „ 13 | 53.2 | 29.3 | 40.5 | +1.5 | 45.0 | 5 | 1.02 |
| „ 20 | 57.4 | 34.0 | 45.5 | +6.0 | 44.7 | 7 | 0.44 |
| „ 27 | 52.5 | 31.6 | 41.3 | +1.4 | 44.7 | 5 | 1.59 |
| Mar. 6 | 50.1 | 30.5 | 37.2 | -3.4 | 44.0 | 4 | 0.41 |
| „ 13 | 52.1 | 32.5 | 37.8 | -3.3 | 45.2 | 3 | 1.32 |
| „ 20 | 60.7 | 29.2 | 44.0 | +2.1 | 43.0 | 5 | 0.90 |
| „ 27 | 50.7 | 30.2 | 39.3 | -3.2 | 43.6 | 6 | 0.33 |
| Apr. 3 | 64.8 | 28.8 | 42.3 | -2.6 | 43.7 | 1 | 0.58 |
| „ 10 | 63.7 | 36.4 | 51.4 | +5.2 | 44.7 | 2 | 0.35 |
| „ 17 | 57.9 | 39.1 | 47.8 | +1.3 | 46.4 | 5 | 0.77 |
| „ 24 | 630 | 40.3 | 50.1 | +1.7 | 47.1 | 5 | 0.46 |
| May 1 | 61.4 | 36.6 | 46.7 | -21 | 48.0 | 2 | 0.27 |
| „ 8 | 71.5 | 39.1 | 52.7 | +2.5 | 48.8 | 2 | 0.43 |
| „ 15 | 63.2 | 42.5 | 50.0 | -2.1 | 49.7 | 4 | 1.68 |
| ,, 22 | 67.0 | 43.4 | 51.2 | -2.4 | 50.1 | 5 | 1.11 |
| „ 29 | 81.9 | 47.0 | 63.8 | +8.1 | 51.4 | 2 | 0.16 |
| June 5 | 79.3 | 44.6 | 60.4 | +2.8 | 53.4 | -_ | 0.00 |
| „ 12 | 85.1 | 44.2 | 64.4 | +6.3 | 54.5 | 4 | 0.42 |
| ,, 19 | 72.8 | 44.9 | 56.3 | -2.6 | 55.2 | 5 | 1.21 |
| „ 26 | 75.2 | 42.8 | 58.7 | -2.1 | 55.1 | 2 | 0.23 |
| July 3 | 86.6 | 51.5 | 64.7 | +3.1 | 55.7 | 1 | 0.01 |
| „ 10 | 74.7 | 50.1 | 60.3 | -2.0 | 56.3 | 2 | 0.25 |
| „ 17 | 89.5 | 51.2 | 66.1 | +2.9 | 57.0 | 4 | 0.38 |
| „ 24 | 81.7 | 51.8 | 63.8 | +0.7 | 57.9 | 2 | 0.06 |
| „ 31 | 72.6 | 49.4 | 59.6 | -2.7 | 57.8 | - | 0.00 |
| Aug. 7 | 91.9 | 52.3 | 68.4 | +6.2 | 58.0 | 1 | 0.14 |
| ,, 14 | 86.6 | 52.9 | 67.3 | +4.9 | 59.0 | 3 | 0.34 |
| „ 21 | 76.1 | 47.4 | 6.20 | +0.1 | 59.2 | 1 | 0.20 |
| „ 28 | 80.2 | 48.5 | 63.2 | +2.4 | 59.3 | - | 0.00 |
| Sep. 4 | 79.9 | 47.2 | 64.1 | +4.3 | 59.4 | 3 | 1.13 |
| „ 11 | 82.5 | 44.8 | 59.2 | +0.4 | 59.7 | 2 | 0.29 |
| „ 18 | 67.8 | 42.3 | 54.6 | -3.0 | 58.8 | 6 | 0.54 |
| „ 25 | 71.2 | 37.8 | 54.1 | -16 | 57.9 | 4 | 0.28 |