London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
West Ham 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Week ending. | Temperature. | No. of Rainy Days. | Sum for week, in inches. | Sunshine, in hours. | Mean Barometric reading. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High. est. | Lowest. | Mean for Week. | Departure from average of 50 years. | ||||||
| Jan. | 27 | 53.0 | 25.9 | 44.5 | + 5.8 | 4 | 0.32 | 5.0 | 29.832 |
| Feb. | 3 | 39.9 | 30.2 | 35.2 | — 4.5 | 5 | 0.96 | 3.1 | 29.505 |
| „ | 10 | 38.7 | 18.0 | 31.0 | 8.3 | 1 | 0.29 | 19.3 | 29.626 |
| „ | 17 | 47.9 | 21.4 | 35.2 | 4.0 | 6 | 1.46 | 13.5 | 29.283 |
| „ | 24 | 58.9 | 33.0 | 45.4 | + 5.7 | 6 | 0.51 | 18.3 | 29.149 |
| Mar. | 3 | 57.5 | 33.3 | 43.1 | + 2.9 | 6 | 0.65 | 5.3 | 29.764 |
| „ | 10 | 55.0 | 35.0 | 39.2 | -1.7 | 2 | 0.02 | 15.5 | 30.077 |
| „ | 17 | 55.3 | 40.9 | 40.8 | -0.4 | 2 | 0.08 | 13.4 | 29.950 |
| „ | 24 | 52.8 | 21.6 | 38.8 | -2.8 | 4 | 0.61 | 23.1 | 29.479 |
| „ | 31 | 50.5 | 27.6 | 37.0 | — 6.7 | 2 | 0.16 | 26.3 | 29.737 |
| Apr. | 7 | 56.1 | 25.7 | 41.9 | -4.1 | 3 | 0.45 | 27.0 | 29.626 |
| „ | 14 | 64.1 | 32.5 | 48.0 | + 2.2 | 4 | 0.22 | 31.9 | 29.632 |
| „ | 21 | 76.1 | 39 1 | 51.8 | + 3.9 | 2 | 0.15 | 50.8 | 30.111 |
| „ | 28 | 72.4 | 31.2 | 47.5 | -1.0 | 1 | 0.06 | 39.9 | 29.919 |
| May | 5 | 70.4 | 36.2 | 52.7 | + 3.2 | 2 | 0.19 | 41.4 | 29.699 |
| „ | 12 | 71.2 | 34.7 | 50.9 | -0.4 | 3 | 0.36 | 23.1 | 29.625 |
| „ | 19 | 63.9 | 37.0 | 47.1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.01 | 39.1 | 29.900 |
| „ | 26 | 65.7 | 36.8 | 53.0 | — 2.2 | 4 | 0.81 | 33.1 | 29.741 |
| June | 2 | 70.0 | 41.1 | 54.0 | -2.6 | 2 | 0.24 | 31.0 | 30.055 |
| „ | 9 | 75.5 | 45.3 | 58.4 | + 0.2 | 3 | 0.19 | 54.0 | 29.755 |
| „ | 16 | 89.4 | 49.2 | 64.4 | + 5.7 | 4 | 0.44 | 60 0 | 29.793 |
| „ | 23 | 74.1 | 47.4 | 59.7 | -0.3 | 4 | 0.77 | 52.9 | 29.749 |
| „ | 30 | 72.8 | 50.3 | 57.6 | -3.7 | 4 | 1.15 | 23.5 | 29.702 |
| July | 7 | 751 | 48.2 | 59.2 | -2.6 | 3 | 0.57 | 47.5 | 29.761 |
| „ | 14 | 84.7 | 46.3 | 65.4 | + 3.0 | 0 | 0 00 | 76.2 | 29.846 |
| „ | 21 | 94.0 | 52.6 | 721 | + 9.0 | 0 | o.oo | 83.2 | 29.942 |
| „ | 28 | 93.0 | 57.9 | 71.1 | + 8.6 | 1 | 0.84 | 58.8 | 29.837 |
| Aug. | 4 | 79.0 | 50.8 | 61.9 | -0.3 | 3 | 0.58 | 50.4 | 29.622 |
| „ | 11 | 72.1 | 48.2 | 56.5 | -60 | 6 | 0.74 | 18.0 | 29.677 |
| „ | 18 | 82.1 | 52.0 | 66.7 | + 4.6 | 1 | 0.05 | 72.7 | 30.030 |
| „ | 25 | 79.8 | 48.2 | 61.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.56 | 45.8 | 29.587 |
| Sep. | 1 | 75.1 | 45.9 | 59.2 | -11 | 2 | 0.62 | 21.8 | 30.018 |
| „ | 8 | 74.1 | 40.4 | 55.7 | -3.5 | 0 | 0.00 | 40.s | 30.029 |
| „ | 15 | 70.9 | 43.2 | 58.4 | + 0.3 | 0 | o.oo | 441 | 30.134 |
| „ | 22 | 82.6 | 412 | 60.5 | + 4.0 | 2 | 0.07 | 41.9 | 30.031 |
| „ | 29 | 73.9 | 431 | 56.9 | + 2.0 | 2 | 0.35 | 325 | 29.711 |