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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1918.
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, o'oi 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 | 57° | 27° | 45°.5 | 32°.8 | 38°.6 | 16 | 2.90 | 0.18 | 1.30 | 16 th |
| February | 57° | 22° | 48°.6 | 37°.4 | 42°.5 | 13 | 0.99 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 24th |
| March | 70° | 26° | 52°.3 | 34°.7 | 43°.5 | 10 | 0.85 | 0.08 | 0.40 | 30th |
| April | 66° | 29° | 51°.8 | 37°.5 | 44°.3 | 17 | 2.99 | 0.17 | 0.88 | 15 th |
| May | 78° | 38° | 65°.9 | 45°.7 | 55°.8 | 11 | 2.02 | 0.18 | 0.53 | 3rd |
| June | 80° | 39° | 67°.5 | 47°.5 | 57°.6 | 9 | 1.05 | 0.12 | 0.34 | 14th |
| July | 80° | 46° | 70°.7 | 53° 0 | 61°.8 | 16 | 6.95 | 0.43 | 1.46 | 17th |
| August | 90° | 47° | 71°.9 | 53°.6 | 62°.7 | 12 | 1.14 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 25th |
| September | 73° | 39° | 63°.5 | 49°.8 | 56°.6 | 21 | 4.38 | 0.21 | 1.18 | 29th |
| October | 64° | 30° | 57°.1 | 43°.0 | 50°.0 | 13 | 1.28 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 18 th |
| November | 57° | 28° | 49°.3 | 36°.3 | 42°.8 | 13 | 1.87 | 0.14 | 0.50 | 3rd |
| December | 59° | 29° | 50°.6 | 40°.7 | 45°.6 | 18 | 1.88 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 14th |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 90° | 22° | 57°.9 | 42°.6 | 50° .1 | 169 | 28.30 | 0.15 | 1.46 | July 17th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 196 above, and the number of days on which rain fell 51 above
the year 1917, at East Ham.