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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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5
METEOROLOGY.
The meteorological returns hitherto published by the RegistrarGeneral
were temporarily discontinued after the week ending
October 24th. The following table consequently only applies to
42 weeks and no comparison can be made between it and the
previously published tables relating to entire years. The observations
were taken at Greenwich Observatory, a course justified by
the geographical position of the Borough immediately to the North
of Greenwich :—
Meteorology during 1914.
| 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 65 years. | |||||
| Jan. 10 | o 55.4 | o 29.1 | o 43.7 | o + 5.6 | 4 | 0.39 | 1.7 | 29.814 |
| „ 17 | 42.1 | 29.3 | 348 | .3.3 | 3 | 0.03 | 4.4 | 30.059 |
| „ 24 | 381 | 19.9 | 32.2 | .6.6 | 1 | 0.01 | 7.7 | 29.937 |
| „ 31 | 52.5 | 33.0 | 43.6 | + 4.1 | 5 | 0.07 | 6.1 | 29.916 |
| Feb. 7 | 56.6 | 36.6 | 46.4 | + 6.8 | 2 | 016 | 39.4 | 29.845 |
| „ 14 | 59.0 | 38.6 | 47.9 | + 8.9 | 5 | 1.10 | 19.5 | 29.578 |
| „ 21 | 55.6 | 33.1 | 43.0 | + 3.5 | 6 | 0.74 | 10.5 | 29.456 |
| „ 28 | 55.7 | 29.2 | 41.8 | + 1.8 | 1 | 0.44 | 36.2 | 29.452 |