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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 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: TABLE 35.METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1930.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.

TABLE 35.

METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1930.

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 otNo. of Days on which Rain fell, o' or and over.Amount collected in inches.Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days.Greatest fall in 24 hours.Date of greatest fall.
All Highest.All Lowest.
January59°30°49.0°39.7°44.3°202.170.110.304th
February51°31°42.4°34.9°38.7°50.840.170.451st
March60°27°50.2°37.5°43.8°111.450.130.6715th
April69°32°54.8°42.5°48.6°151.200.080.343rd
May71°40°61.4°44.0°52.7°172.930.170.4325th
June81°45°70.5°53.6°62.0°62.550.421.8318 th
July80°51°69.4°55.9°62.7°131.900.150.4620th
August92°51°71.9°56.1°64.0°164.270.261.8829th
September79°46°65.2°53.2°59.2°162.670.170.436th
October69°35°59.6°47.1°53.4°150.980.060.2122nd
November59°27°51.6°39.9°45.8°192.930.150.5028th
December53°29°45.0°36.5°41.0°151.600.110.3611th
Means and Totals for the Year.92°27°57 .6°45.1°51.4°16825.490.151.88Aug. 29th

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The Rainfall for the Year was 4'20 ins. above, and the number of days on which rain fell 38 above
the year 1929, at East Ham.