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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1915.
Rain Gauge 5-in. 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 ground.
| 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 inches 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° | 17° | 44.1 | 34°.3 | 39°.3 | 20 | 3.58 | 1.8 | 0.88 | 22nd |
| February | 53° | 26° | 47°.0 | 34°.4 | 40°.0 | 19 | 2.58 | 0.13 | 0.42 | 8th |
| March | 58° | 25° | 48°.2 | 35°.7 | 41°.5 | 13 | 0.81 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 2nd &25th |
| April | 71° | 29° | 55°.2 | 38°.1 | 46°.7 | 9 | 1.10 | 0.12 | 0.27 | 12th |
| May | 75° | 35° | 63° 1 | 43°.5 | 53°.4 | 8 | 3.12 | 0.39 | 1.50 | 13th |
| June | 86° | 38° | 68°.8 | 50°.3 | 58°.8 | 6 | 0.40 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 28th |
| July | 84° | 47° | 69°.0 | 52°.8 | 60°.5 | 15 | 4.09 | 0.27 | 0.59 | 6th |
| August | 76° | 45° | 70°.1 | 54°.2 | 61°.6 | 14 | 4.01 | 0.29 | 1.29 | 10th |
| September | 77° | 37° | 66°.9 | 48°.7 | 57°.3 | 7 | 1.78 | 0.25 | 1.40 | 29th |
| October | 69° | 32° | 56°.1 | 42°.7 | 49°.0 | 12 | 1.68 | 0.14 | 0.71 | 31st |
| November | 57° | 25° | 45°.4 | 33°.5 | 38°.5 | 8 | 2.41 | 0.30 | 0.67 | 11th |
| December | 57° | 29° | 48°.9 | 38°.1 | 43°.3 | 24 | 4.85 | 0.20 | 0.65 | 9th |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 86° | 17° | 56°.9 | 42°.2 | 49°.2 | 155 | 30.41 | 0.28 | 1.50 | May 13th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 8.01 above, and the number of days on which rain fell 1 below
the year 1914, at East Ham.