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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 1904
[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 1,457.2 hours, being 15.8 hours more than in 1903. The
hottest day was August 4th, when the temperature reached 91'0
degrees, and the coldest day was November 26th, when it sank to
23.2 degrees. The number of rainy days was 158, the total rainfall
during the year being 20.63 inches, being 3.86 inches below the
average. The greatest daily fall occurred on July 25th, when 1½
inches fell.
Meteorology during 1904.
| Week ending. | Temperature. | No. of Rainy Days. | Sum for week, in inches. | Sunshine, in hours. | Mean Barometric reading | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | Mean for Week. | De-parture from average of 50 years. | |||||
| o | o | o | o | |||||
| Jan. 9 | 47.7 | 29.3 | 39.8 | +1.6 | 5 | 0.29 | 2.9 | 29.733 |
| „ 16 | 54.8 | 33.0 | 42.1 | +4.0 | 4 | 0.69 | 9.2 | 29.437 |
| „ 23 | 48.9 | 26.2 | 35.7 | -2.7 | 3 | 0.18 | 4.3 | 30.301 |
| „ 30 | 50.9 | 28.8 | 40.9 | +1.7 | 3 | 0.92 | 8.7 | 29.739 |
| Feb. 6 | 49.5 | 31.7 | 40.6 | +0.9 | 7 | 1.15 | 15.0 | 29.184 |
| „ 13 | 49.9 | 32.4 | 42.1 | +3.3 | 6 | 1.27 | 14.2 | 29.064 |
| „ 20 | 53.7 | 29.8 | 38.8 | -0.8 | 5 | 0.45 | 10.3 | 29.304 |
| „ 7 | 54.2 | 29.2 | 38.3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0.03 | 6.7 | 29.927 |
| Mar. 5 | 41.2 | 27.2 | 33.3 | -7.1 | 3 | 0.52 | 6.4 | 29.826 |
| „ 12 | 59.1 | 27.2 | 40.5 | -0.3 | 2 | 0.24 | 26.3 | 29.800 |
| „ 19 | 55.5 | 26.4 | 40.8 | -0.6 | 2 | 0.06 | 28.2 | 29.781 |
| „ 26 | 54.0 | 31.8 | 43.3 | +1.4 | 4 | 0.13 | 13.7 | 29.958 |
| Apr. 2 | 55.7 | 31.4 | 42.0 | -2.6 | 3 | 0.45 | 29.5 | 29.674 |
| „ 9 | 64.0 | 38.5 | 48.0 | +1.9 | 6 | 0.37 | 33.5 | 29.785 |
| „ 16 | 66.9 | 40.6 | 49.6 | +3.4 | 2 | 0.32 | 36.9 | 29.557 |
| „ 23 | 64.0 | 33.2 | 49.1 | +0.8 | 2 | 0.24 | 38.9 | 29.823 |
| „ 30 | 60.9 | 33.8 | 49.6 | +1.1 | 2 | 0.05 | 21.9 | 29.902 |