Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 12.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD . YEAR 1952
Rain Gauge 5 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 ground0
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 | 54 | 24 | 43.8 | 35.2 | 37.65 | 15 | 1.29 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 4th &16th |
February | 52 | 29 | 44.3 | 34.0 | 36. 85 | 7 | 0.75 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 10th |
March | 59 | 30 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 43.2 | 20 | 2.34 | 0.12 | 0.90 | 29th |
April | 31 | 59.6 | 43.5 | 51.4 | 11 | 0.69 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 7th | |
May | 83 | 42 | 67.2 | 50.1 | 58.35 | 8 | 0.77 | 0.09 | 0.60 | 4th |
86 | 52.7 | 61.45 | 8 | 1.07 | 0.13 | 0.37 | 2nd | |||
86 | 49 | 64.2 | 64.6 | 4 | 0.64 | 0.l6 | 0.31 | 3rd | ||
August | * | * | * | * | 13 | 2.21 | 0.17 | 0.75 | 6th | |
September | 72 | 38 | 61.3 | 46.8 | 52.6 | 15 | 2.33 | 0.15 | 0.68 | 30th |
October | 61 | 32 | 55.3 | 44.0 | 49.25 | 15 | 2.22 | 0.l5 | 0.52 | 12th |
November | 57 | 23 | 45.8 | 36.3 | 39.85 | 15 | 3.68 | 0.24 | 0.69 | 21st |
December | 53 | 25 | 42.9 | 34.1 | 37.4 | 17 | 2.31 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 18th |
Means & Totals for the Year | 67 | 33 | 55.9 | 43.7 | 47.78 | 148 | 20.30 | 0.13 | 0.90 | 29th March |
* Instruments Stolen 7/8.8.52. Replaced 21.8.52.