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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1919.
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. | I.owest 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 | 58° | 26° | 42°.7 | 32°.6 | 37°.6 | 22 | 2.61 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 27 th |
| February | 52° | 16° | 41°.0 | 29°.7 | 35°.3 | 12 | 2 31 | 0 20 | 0.48 | 16th |
| March | 56 | 26° | 46°.4 | 34°.0 | 40°.2 | 18 | 3.06 | 017 | 0.53 | 19th |
| April | 70° | 27" | 53°. 8 | 37°.6 | 45°.7 | 16 | 3.34 | 0.21 | 1.39 | 27th |
| May | 82° | 40° | 66°.9 | 46°.6 | 60°.7 | 4 | 0.38 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 9th |
| June | 85° | 40° | 69°.5 | 50°.0 | 59°.7 | 7 | 1.43 | 0.20 | 0.96 | 20th |
| July | 80° | 42° | 66°.4 | 50°.2 | 58°.3 | 14 | 2.28 | 0.16 | 0.52 | 20th |
| August | 89° | 43° | 74°.6 | 53°.9 | 64°.3 | 12 | 2.01 | 0.17 | 0.57 | 28th |
| September | 90° | 31° | 68°.1 | 48°.0 | 58°.0 | 9 | 1.04 | 0.1l | 0.48 | 14th |
| October | 65° | 30° | 54°.7 | 37°.6 | 46°.1 | 8 | 0.95 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 29th |
| November | 57° | 25° | 44°.1 | 33°.6 | 38°.8 | 18 | 1.28 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 17th &30th |
| December | 55° | 22° | 48°.4 | 36°.8 | 42°.6 | 19 | 3.15 | 0.16 | 0.78 | 1st |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 90° | 16° | 56°.4 | 40°.9 | 48°.9 | 159 | 23.84 | 0.15 | 1.39 | April 27th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 4.46 below, and the number of days on which rain fell 10 below
the year 1918, at East Ham.