Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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METEOROLOGY.
The observations given below are extracted from the weekly
reports of observations taken at Greenwich Observatory, a course
justified by the geographical position of the Borough immediately to
the North of Greenwich. They show that the registered sunshine of
the year was 1,441.4 hours, being 205 2 hours more than in 1902.
The hottest day was July 11th, when the temperature reached 87.5
degrees, and the coldest day was January 16th, when it sank to
23.6 degrees. The number of rainy days was 177, the total rainfall
during the year being 35.33 inches.
Meteorology during 1903.
Week ending. | Temperature. | No. of Rainy Days. | Sum for week, in inches. | Sunshine, in hours. | Mean Barometric reading | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Highest. | Lowest. | Mean for Week. | Departure from average of 50 years. | |||||
Jan. 10 | 5 | 0.95 | 10.6 | 29.377 | ||||
53.9 | 35.0 | 46.5 | + 8.4 | |||||
„ 17 | 37.0 | 23.6 | 30.1 | - 8.1 | 1 | 0.21 | 23.2 | 30.085 |
„ 34 | 48.9 | 33.3 | 40.4 | + 2.0 | 6 | 0.36 | 4.8 | 30.004 |
„ 31 | 52.6 | 39.3 | 46.7 | + 7.3 | 4 | 0.37 | 13.7 | 29.974 |
Feb. 7 | 52.1 | 30.7 | 42.5 | + 2.8 | 2 | 0.22 | 15.7 | 29.913 |
56.0 | 36.4 | 47.7 | + 9.0 | — | 0.00 | 11.3 | 30.193 | |
„ 21 | 58.3 | 26.2 | 44.4 | + 4.8 | 0.01 | 29.7 | 30.171 | |
,, 28 | 54.4 | 35.2 | 45.0 | + 5.1 | 7 | 1.13 | 16.6 | 29.588 |
Mar. 7 | 54.9 | 34.0 | 42.7 | + 2.1 | 5 | 0.86 | 12.0 | 29.504 |
57.8 | 29.5 | 42.9 | + 2.0 | 2 | 0.17 | 31.3 | 29.861 | |
„ 21 | 57.2 | 32.8 | 46.6 | + 5.1 | 3 | 0.17 | 32.8 | 29.792 |
„ 28 | 68.0 | 38.6 | 51.0 | + 8.5 | 6 | 0.60 | 39.8 | 29.493 |
Apr. 4 | 56.6 | 35.4 | 46.2 | + 0.9 | 5 | 0.81 | 20.1 | 29.806 |
56.8 | 33.3 | 46.4 | + 0.5 | 0.03 | 23.2 | 29.918 | ||
„ 18 | 49.5 | 30.2 | 39.5 | — 7.4 | 2 | 0.05 | 55.4 | 29.943 |
„ 25 | 58.4 | 28.4 | 42.1 | - 6.3 | — | 0.00 | 27.8 | 29.534 |