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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1914.
Rain Gauge 5.in. in diameter, placed I.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. | Rainfall. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Maximum. | Lowest Minimum. | Mean of | Mean Temperature of Air. | No. of Days on which Rain fell, 0.01 inches and over. | Amount collected in inches. | Mean rate of falf for Rainy Days. | Greatest fall in 24 hours. | Date of greatest fall. | ||
| All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||||
| January | 56° | 18° | 42°6 | 33°.0 | 37°.8 | 8 | 0.33 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 9th |
| February | 58° | 28° | 51°.7 | 37°.9 | 44°.8 | 15 | 2.29 | 0.15 | 0.64 | 9th |
| March | 65° | 25° | 50°.4 | 37°.4 | 43°.9 | 24 | 3.93 | 0.16 | 0.72 | 8th |
| April | 72° | 33° | 59°.3 | 40°.2 | 49°.8 | 11 | 0 92 | 0.08 | 0.20 | 7th |
| May | 81° | 36° | 62°.1 | 44°.0 | 53°.0 | 8 | 2 09 | 0.26 | 0.88 | 7th |
| June | 86° | 40° | 70°.1 | 49°.3 | 59°.7 | 12 | 1.23 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 22nd |
| July | 85° | 47° | 72°.3 | 54°.7 | 63°.5 | 13 | 1.34 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 5th |
| August | 81° | 47° | 72°.6 | 54°.2 | 63° 3 | 10 | 0.9.3 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 5th |
| September | 82° | 35° | 60°.0 | 48°.8 | 57°.8 | 7 | 0.71 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 13th |
| October | 67° | 35° | 58°.7 | 45°.9 | 51°.9 | 11 | 1.05 | 0 09 | 0.29 | 29th |
| November | 61° | 30° | 51°.1 | 39°.6 | 45°.1 | 14 | 2.05 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 11th |
| December | 56° | 27° | 47°.2 | 36°.8 | 42°.2 | 23 | 5.53 | 2.40 | 1.06 | 28th |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 86° | 18° | 58°.2 | 43°.5 | 51°.1 | 156 | 22.40 | 0.32 | 1.06 | Dec. 28th |
The Rainfall for the Year was I inch above, and the number of days on which rain fell 6 above
the year 1913, at East Ham.