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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 30.—METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1947.
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 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 | |||||||||
| January | 56° | 11° | 40°.9 | 31°.0 | 34°.2 | 16 | 1.42 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 11th |
| February | 42° | 13° | 33°.4 | 26°.5 | 29°.5 | 7 | 0.84 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 3rd |
| March | 57° | 22° | 47°.6 | 35°.3 | 40°.1 | 18 | 4.79 | 0.26 | 0.98 | 29th |
| April | 71° | 31° | 58°.4 | 42°.2 | 48°.8 | 10 | 1.30 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 2nd & 3rd |
| May | 86° | 40° | 68°.5 | 48°.8 | 58°.7 | 14 | 0.96 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 3rd |
| June | 92° | 44° | 71°.8 | 54°.4 | 64°.5 | 10 | 2.59 | 0.26 | 1.22 | 27th |
| July | 89° | 51° | 75°.3 | 58°.6 | 65°.9 | 11 | 1.69 | 0.15 | 0.74 | 16th |
| August | 90° | 50° | 78°.7 | 57°.5 | 68°.5 | 3 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 2nd |
| September | 82° | 41° | 71°.7 | 53°.6 | 62°.5 | 8 | 1.34 | 0.17 | 0.91 | 17th |
| October | 71° | 32° | 61°.1 | 44°.6 | 51°.8 | 1 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 22nd |
| November | 62° | 31° | 52°.0 | 42°.6 | 46°.6 | 8 | 0.88 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 9th |
| December | Thermom eter under repair | 42°.1 | 16 | 2.24 | 0.72 | 0.47 | 25th | |||
| Means and Totals for the Year | 92° | 11° | *59°.9 | *45°.0 | 51°.1 | 122 | 18.35 | 0.19 | 1.22 | 27th June |
* Mean for 11 months.