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 West Ham]
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Greenwich Observatory.
| Rainfall. | Number of Days. | Bright Sunshine. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Percentage of Average | Most in a day | Precipitation * | Precipitation, Imm. or more | Snow and Sleet | Snow lying (morning obs.) | Haila or | Thunder heard | Fog (morning obs.) | Ground frost | Gale force 8 or more. | Total. | Percentage | |||||
| Amt. | Date. | of Average | of Possible | Length of Day. | ||||||||||||||
| (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | 20) | (21) | (22) | (23) | (24) | (25) | (26) | (27) | (28) | (29) | (30) | (31) | (32) | (33) |
| in. | mm. | % | in. | hr. | hr. | % | % | hr. | ||||||||||
| 3.40 | 86.4 | 43 | .52 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 36.5 | 1.18 | 1.23 | 14 | 8.34 |
| 201 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3.94 | 100.2 | 40 | .69 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 41.8 | 1.49 | 2.07 | 15 | 9.89 |
| 251 | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2.92 | 74.1 | 44 | .65 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 91.7 | 2.96 | 3.40 | 25 | 11.8 |
| 168 | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2.44 | 61.9 | 37 | .47 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 81.9 | 2.73 | 4.60 | 20 | 13.8 |
| 167 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3.41 | 86.5 | 44 | .72 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 157.4 | 5.08 | 6.32 | 33 | 15.5 |
| 197 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1.87 | 47.6 | 51 | .80 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 171.5 | 5.72 | 6.76 | 35 | 16.5 |
| 93 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| 57 | 6.32 | |||||||||||||||||
| .71 | 18.0 | 32 | .35 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117.9 | 3.80 | 60 | 24 | 16.1 |
| 1.69 | 42.9 | 56 | 1.01 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.8 | 5.54 | 6.05 | 38 | 14.5 |
| 77 | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1.28 | 32.4 | 45 | .24 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 144.7 | 4.82 | 5.03 | 38 | 12.6 |
| 72 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2.32 | 59.0 | 64 | .61 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 80.9 | 2.61 | 3.21 | 10.7 | |
| 92 | 81 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1.37 | 34.7 | 58 | .49 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 31.1 | 1.04 | 1.59 | 12 | 8.86 |
| 59 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3.41 | 86.5 | 57 | .68 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 13.6 | 0.44 | 0.97 | 6 | 7.86 |
| 152 | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28.76 | 730.2 | 506 | 176 | 123 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 103 | 0 | 1140.8 | 37.41 | 3.97 | 12.21 | |||
| 122 | 3.12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28.75 | 1.01 | 30 | 3.13 | 79 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| Aug. | ||||||||||||||||||
greater than 3° reduce the possible record for the month by more than 5 per cent.:
sun's altitude is above 3°.
more when measurement is in millimetres.
33, is underlined.
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