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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1909.
Rain Gauge 5-in. in diameter, placed 1-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. | Rainfall. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | Mean of | Mean Temperature of Air. | No. of Days on which Rain fell, 001 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° | 21° | 42°.9 | 32°.9 | 37°.9 | 11 | 0.76 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 10th |
| February | 55° | 21° | 43°.7 | 29°.6 | 36°.6 | 6 | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 9th |
| March | 59° | 9° | 44°.0 | 32°.1 | 38°.0 | 23 | 2.97 | 0.13 | 0.59 | 5th |
| April | 70° | 29° | 58°.0 | 38°.5 | 48°.2 | 11 | 1.74 | 0.16 | 0.49 | 19th |
| May | 82° | 33° | 62°.8 | 41°.7 | 52°.2 | 8 | 1.03 | 0.15 | 0.44 | 24th |
| June | 71° | 39° | 61°.8 | 47°.3 | 54°.5 | 17 | 3.50 | 0.21 | 0.61 | 12th |
| July | 76° | 44° | 68°.2 | 52°.2 | 60°.2 | 18 | 3.16 | 0.17 | 0.82 | 26th |
| August | 86° | 45° | 71°.4 | 52°.3 | 61°.9 | 8 | 1.52 | 0.19 | 0.46 | 19th |
| September | 70° | 39° | 62°.1 | 48°.1 | 55°.l | 19 | 2.16 | 0.11 | 0.43 | 23rd |
| October | 66° | 30° | 58°.8 | 46°.8 | 52°.8 | 19 | 3.82 | 0.20 | 0.78 | 26th |
| November | 59° | 28° | 47°.6 | 35°.7 | 41°.6 | 9 | 0.77 | 0.08 | 0.40 | 29th |
| December | 54° | 24° | 45°.5 | 34°.3 | 39°.9 | 22 | 2.37 | 0.11 | 0.38 | 3rd |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 86° | 9° | 55°.6 | 40°.9 | 48°.3 | 171 | 24.1 | 0.14 | 0.82 | July 26th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 4 inches, above and the number of days on which rain fell 44 above
the year 1908, at East Ham.