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 1,379.3 hours, being 2614 hours less than in 1909.
The hottest day was 20th June, when the temperature reached
82.2 degrees, and the coldest day was 27th January, when it sank
to 20.3 degrees. The number of rainy days was 191, the total
rainfall of the year being 28.06 inches. The greatest daily fall
occurred on 16th April, when 1.50 inches fell.
Meteorology during 1910.
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 65 years. | |||||
° | ° | ° | ° | |||||
Jan. 8 | 55.3 | 36.7 | 43.2 | + 5.0 | 2 | 0.05 | 1.4 | 30.214 |
„ 15 | 53.1 | 31.0 | 43.9 | + 6.0 | 5 | 0.30 | 16.5 | 29.822 |
„ 22 | 53.0 | 26.9 | 39.6 | + 1.0 | 3 | 0.16 | 10.8 | 29.522 |
„ 29 | 44.9 | 20.3 | 34.2 | - 5.1 | 4 | 1.15 | 19.5 | 29.043 |
Feb. 5 | 50.7 | 27.5 | 37.4 | - 2.2 | 4 | 0.09 | 9.4 | 29.568 |
,, 12 | 54.0 | 28.6 | 42.0 | + 2.8 | 6 | 0.38 | 15.6 | 29.762 |
„ 19 | 56.0 | 32.1 | 44.7 | + 5.3 | 7 | 0.69 | 23.7 | 29.328 |
„ 26 | 50.6 | 31.3 | 42.5 | + 2.7 | 7 | 1.40 | 22.9 | 29.335 |
Mar. 5 | 57.0 | 30.1 | 41.8 | + 1.3 | 3 | 0.15 | 44.7 | 29.820 |
„ 12 | 57.7 | 38.1 | 46.0 | + 5.0 | 7 | 0.95 | 14.6 | 29.768 |
„ 19 | 54.2 | 27.9 | 40.1 | - 1.6 | 3 | 0.13 | 41.6 | 29.865 |
„ 26 | 54.0 | 25.5 | 42.0 | -0.3 | 0 | 23.6 | 30.186 | |
Apl. 2 | 57.3 | 29.5 | 41.9 | -2.6 | 0 | 0.00 | 46.8 | 30.193 |
„ 9 | 56.0 | 25.5 | 42.8 | - 3.4 | 3 | 0.11 | 24.2 | 29.687 |
„ 16 | 63.8 | 39.1 | 48.8 | + 2.5 | 6 | 1.86 | 29.1 | 29.341 |
65.5 | 30.9 | 49.3 | + 0.9 | 2 | 0.23 | 8.3 | 29.865 | |
„ 30 | 60.0 | 34.9 | 45.4 | -3.4 | 5 | 0.43 | 50.1 | 29.639 |