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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1907.
Rain Gauge 5-in. in diameter, placed I-foot above ground, 12.5-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. | Moan Temperature of Air. | Rainfall. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | Mean of | No. of Days on which Rain fell, 0.01 inches and over. | Total fall in inches. | Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days. | Greatest fall in 24 hours | Date of greatest fall. | |||
| All Highest. | All Lowest | |||||||||
| January | 51° | 22° | 43°.2 | 34°.3 | 38°.7 | 9 | 0.76 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 1st |
| February | 52° | 25° | 42°.7 | 32°.7 | 37°.7 | 11 | 0.90 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 10th |
| March | 70° | 26° | 53°.3 | 34°.6 | 43°.3 | 11 | 0.82 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 5th |
| April | 71° | 30° | 54°.3 | 39°.7 | 47°0 | 18 | 2.84 | 0.16 | 0.62 | 6th |
| May.. | 80° | 35° | 60°.9 | 45°.3 | 53°. 1 | 20 | 2.42 | 0.12 | 0.33 | 7th |
| June | 740 | 45° | 64°.8 | 50°.6 | 57°.7 | 10 | 1.77 | 0.17 | 0.80 | 1st |
| July | 78° | 38° | 67°.5 | 51°.6 | 59°.5 | 7 | 1.38 | 0.20 | 0.93 | 22nd |
| August | 770 | 45° | 69° 0 | 53°.0 | 61°'0 | 10 | 1.33 | 0.13 | 0.32 | 17th |
| September.. | 81° | 34° | 68°.6 | 48°.8 | 58°.7 | 5 | 0.72 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 30th |
| October | 67° | 35° | 58°.4 | 44°.7 | 51°.6 | 21 | 2.73 | 0.13 | 0.33 | 15th |
| November | 61° | 30° | 50°.9 | 39°.8 | 45°.3 | 12 | 1.94 | 0.16 | 0.43 | 28th |
| December | 57° | 32° | 46°.3 | 37°.3 | 41°.8 | 12 | 2.42 | 0.20 | 0.57 | 12th |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 81° | 22° | 56°.6 | 42°.7 | 49°.6 | 146 | 20.03 | 0.14 | 0.93 | July 22nd |
The Rainfall for the Year was 2.34 inches below, and the number of days on which rain fell 14 below
the year 1906, at East Ham.