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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
East Ham 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1920.
Rain Gauge 5-in. in diameter, placed 1-foot above ground, 15 feet above sea level. Temperature taken in the shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 5 feet from the ground.
| Months. | Temperature of Air during the Month. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Rainfall. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Maximum. | Lowest Minimum. | Mean of | No. of Days on which Rain fell, 0.01 inches and over. | Amount collected in inches. | Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days. | Greatest fall in 34 hours, | Date of greatest fall. | |||
| All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||||
| January | 57o | 22o | 48°.3 | 35°.6 | 41°.9 | 16 | 2.37 | 015 | 0.61 | 10th |
| February | 64° | 26° | 50°.5 | 35°. 5 | 43°. 0 | 10 | 0 .54 | 0 .05 | 0.30 | 20th |
| March | 67° | 28° | 55°.2 | 37°. 5 | 46°.3 | 14 | 1.44 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 6th |
| April | 60° | 33° | 55°.2 | 33°.0 | 48°.5 | 2.70 | 0.12 | 0.40 | lst | |
| May | 84° | 35° | 65°.4 | 46°.4 | 55°.9 | 10 | 0.48 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 6th |
| June | 79° | 38° | 69°.6 | 50°.4 | 60°.0 | 9 | 1.28 | 0.14 | 0.47 | 20th |
| July | 75° | 45° | 68°.0 | 52° .1 | 60°.0 | 17 | 3.46 | 0.20 | 0.61 | 21st |
| August | 77° | 43° | 66°.6 | 49°.8 | 58° 2 | 7 | 207 | 0.29 | 0.96 | 18th |
| September | 80° | 39° | 66°.0 | 49°.2 | 57°.6 | 11 | 2.78 | 0.25 | 0.77 | 15th |
| October | 71° | 28° | 60°.0 | 42°.5 | 51°.5 | 10 | 0.95 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 1st & 16th |
| November | 60° | 22° | 50°.6 | 34°.8 | 42°.7 | 9 | 0.85 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 27th |
| December | 56° | 10° | 45°.5 | 35°. 5 | 40°. 5 | 23 | 2.09 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 23rd |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 84° | 10° | 58°.4 | 41°.8 | 50°.5 | 158 | 21.03 | 0.13 | 0.96 | Aug. 18th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 3 ins. below, and the number of days on which rain fell one below
the year 1919, at East Ham.