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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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APPENDIX—
| 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. | |||||
| Oct. 1 | 68.4 | 47.0 | 56.8 | + 20 | 58.3 | 6 | 1.14 |
| ,, 8 | 59.8 | 43.0 | 52.3 | -0.5 | 57.4 | 5 | 0.05 |
| ,, 15 | 64.7 | 44.2 | 54.8 | + 4.1 | 56.3 | 3 | 0.34 |
| ,, 22 | 63.7 | 38.7 | 52.6 | + 3.6 | 55.7 | 2 | 0.48 |
| ,, 29 | 56.1 | 31.0 | 44.3 | —3.4 | 54.1 | 2 | 0.29 |
| Nov. 5 | 68.1 | 39.3 | 52.4 | + 5.7 | 52.8 | 3 | 0.17 |
| ,, 12 | 62.3 | 40.4 | 53.5 | + 8.9 | 52.9 | 2 | 0.13 |
| ,, 19 | 61.9 | 43.2 | 52.3 | + 9.5 | 53.1 | 5 | 0.45 |
| ,, 26 | 57.1 | 35.5 | 45.0 | + 3.0 | 52.2 | 5 | 2.11 |
| Dec. 3 | 520 | 30.1 | 43.2 | + 2.0 | 50.6 | 5 | 0.48 |
| ,, 10 | 55.1 | 29.7 | 45.8 | + 4.7 | 49.2 | 5 | 0.56 |
| ,, 17 | 55.2 | 27.7 | 46.3 | + 5.8 | 48.9 | 6 | 0.63 |
| ,, 24 | 34.0 | 20.4 | 27.8 | — 11.0 | 47.6 | 5 | 0.43 |
| „ 31 | 47.2 | 28.0 | 37.9 | —0.8 | 45.6 | 4 | 0.56 |
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