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Holborn 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE X —continued. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.—continued. Sale of Foods and Dkugs Acts.—continued.
| Date. | Name. | Address. | Offences. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914. Oct. 23 | Williams, Z. | 73, Mount Pleasant | Selling milk 6.6 per cent. deficient in fat | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
| „ 30 | Ellman, Annie | 49, Lamb's Conduit St. | Selling butter containing 81 cent. of foreign fat | Fined £7. Costs 12s. 6d. |
| „ 30 | do. | do. | Selling margarine without a label | Summons withdrawn. |
| Deo. 4 | Lodge, Hannah | 20, Marchmont Street | Selling golden syrup containing 70 per cent. of glucose syrup | Fined £1. Costs 12s. 6d. |
| „ 4 | Bewells, Ltd. | 101, Leather Lane | Soiling sweet spirit of nitre deficient in ethyl nitrite | Defendant ordered to pay 33s 6d. costs. |
| „ 11 | Boutalls, Ltd | 150, Southampton Row | Selling sweet spirit of nitre deficient in ethyl nitrite | Fined £5 6s. 6d. Costs 33s. 6d. |
TABLE XI. Meteorology of London, 1914. (Deduced from observations at Greenwich under t he superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)
| 1914. | Air Temperature. | Bright Sunshine | Rain and other forms of precipitation. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of— | Mean of A. and B. | Difference from Average.1 | Daily Mean. | Difference from Average.* | Per cent, of possible. | Total fall. | Difference from Average.* | ||
| Maximum A. | Minimum. B. | ||||||||
| ° f | ° f | ° f | ° f | hrs. | hrs. | % | ins. | ins. | |
| January | 42.5 | 34.3 | 38.4 | -0.2 | 0.65 | - 0.70 | 8 | 0.50 | -1.38 |
| February | 51.7 | 38.2 | 44.9 | +5.4 | 3.79 | + 1.58 | 38 | 2.46 | +0.98 |
| March | 51.0 | 37.4 | 44.2 | + 2.4 | 2.84 | -0.45 | 24 | 3.91 | +2.39 |
| April | 61.1 | 40.0 | 50.5 | + 3.4 | 7.73 | + 2.46 | 66 | 1.11 | -0.46 |
| May | 63.7 | 43.8 | 53.7 | + 0.7 | 6.74 | + 0.32 | 43 | 1.63 | -0.29 |
| June | 71.5 | 49.2 | 60.4 | + 1.2 | 8.90 | + 2.23 | 54 | 1.34 | -0.70 |
| July | 74.5 | 53.9 | 64.2 | + 1.8 | 5.77 | - 1.07 | 36 | 1.41 | -0.99 |
| August | 74.4 | 53.6 | 64.0 | +2.5 | 5.94 | -0.51 | 41 | 1.17 | - 1.17 |
| September | 68.9 | 47.6 | 68.3 | + 1.2 | 6.80 | + 1.57 | 54 | 0.73 | -1.42 |
| October | 59.4 | 44.7 | 52.0 | + 1.9 | 2.16 | -0.94 | 20 | 0.96 | - 1.82 |
| November | 61.1 | 40.0 | 45.5 | + 2.0 | 2.13 | + 0.40 | 24 | 2.67 | + 0.45 |
| December | 47.0 | 37.3 | 42.1 | +2.1 | 1.29 | + 0.19 | 17 | 5.96 | +4.13 |
| Year | 59.7 | 43.3 | 51.5 | +2.0 | 4.54 | + 0.39 | 37 | 23.85 | -0.27 |
* The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 65 years for Rain, 70
Temperature, and 18 years for Sunshine.