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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
Holborn 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XII. Proceedings under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order.
| Date, | Premises. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903. January 23 | 8, Beauchamp Street | Selling milk on unregistered premises | Defendant convicted, and ordered to pay 2s. costs |
TABLE XIII. Meteorology of London, 1903. (Deduced from observations at Greenwich under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)
| 1903. | Air Temperature. | Bright Sunshine. | Rain and other forms of Precipitation. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of— | Mean of A. and B. | Difference from Average. + | Total possible. | Total observed, | Difference from ; Average. + | Number of days. | Total fall. | Difference from Average. + | ||
| Minimum. A | Maximum, B | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | hrs. | hrs. | hrs. | m | ins. | ins. | |
| January | 36.8 | 44.6 | 40.7 | +2.2 | 259 | 57.2 | + 27.9 | 18 | 2.13 | +. 0.14 |
| February | 39.3 | 50.7 | 45.0 | +5.5 | 276 | 73.3 | + 20.5 | 10 | 1.37 | – 0.11 |
| March | 38.7 | 53.4 | 46.0 | + 4.3 | 365 | 132.6 | + 42.7 | 18 | 2.20 | + 0.74 |
| April | 36.7 | 52.0 | 44.3 | – 2.9 | 413 | 128.9 | – 8.5 | 11 | 1.85 | + 0.19 |
| May | 44.3 | 63.0 | 53.6 | + 0.5 | 481 | 182.9 | + 1.1 | 15 | 1.95 | – 0.05 |
| June | 47.0 | 64.6 | 55.8 | – 3.6 | 494 | 187.9 | + 5.0 | 10 | 6.07 | + 4.05 |
| July | 52.6 | 71.5 | 62.0 | – 0.4 | 498 | 184.1 | – 1.3 | 13 | 5.27 | + 2.80 |
| August | 51.4 | 69.2 | 60.3 | – 0.4 | 451 | 188.0 | + 15.9 | 17 | 4.82 | + 2.47 |
| September | 49.3 | 66.0 | 57.6 | + 0.4 | 380 | 169.3 | + 34.6 | 15 | 2.24 | – 0.01 |
| October | 46.6 | 58.7 | 52.7 | + 2.7 | 331 | 84.3 | – 0.3 | 24 | 4.44 | + 1.63 |
| November | 39.1 | 49.8 | 44.5 | + 1.3 | 266 | 35.4 | – 7.2 | 16 | 1.93 | – 0.34 |
| December | 34.5 | 42.0 | 38.3 | – 1.4 | 244 | 21.4 | – 3.6 | 12 | 1.27 | – 0.50 |
| Year | 43.0 | 57.1 | 50.1 | + 0.6 | 4,458 | 1445.3 | + 126.8 | 179 | 35.54 | + 11.01 |
+ The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 50 years for Eain and Temperature,
and 16 years for Sunshine.