Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health page 55

Holborn 1907

Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE XI.—continued.

Date.	Premises.	Offence.	Result.
Oct. 22nd	26, Denmark Street	Selling milk 10 per cent. deficient in fat	Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
Oct. 23rd	2, Lambs Conduit Passage	Selling milk with 10.4 per cent. of added water	Ditto.
Nov. 5th	33, Portpool Lane ,,	Selling milk containing 121 grs. per gallon of crystallised boric acid	Warranty pleaded. Summons withdrawn.
Dec. 3rd	1, Broad Street	Selling preserved spinach containing 0.017 per cent. of copper	Defendant convicted and fined £5 and £5 5s. costs.
,,	26, Little Earl Street	Ditto 0.012 per cent. of copper	Defendant convicted and fined £4 and £3 3s. costs.
Dec. 4th	78, Southampton Row	Ditto 0.027 per cent. of copper	Defendant convicted and fined £10 and £5 5s. costs.
Dec. 11th	9, High Holborn	Ditto 0.025 per ecnt. of copper	Summons dismissed.
Dec. 30th	178, Drury Lane	Selling milk containing 0.003 per cent. of formaldehyde	Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 23s. costs.

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TABLE XII.Meteorology of London, 1907. (Deduced from observations at Greenwich under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)

1907.	Air Temperature.				Bright Sunshine.			Rain and other forms of Precipitation.
	Mean of—		Mean of A. and B.	Difference from Average. 1	Total possible.	Total observed.	Difference from Average. *	Number of days.	Total fall.	Difference from Average. *
	a.	B.
	Minimum.	Maximum.
January	o	o	o	o	hrs.	hrs.	hrs.		ins	ins.
January	33.8	42.7	38.3	- 0.1	259	37	- 4	10	1.09	- 0.79
February	32.3	42.8	37.6	- 2.2	276	53	+ 1	14	1.27	- 0.21
March	34.3	53.6	44.0	+ 1.5	365	170	+ 71	10	0.91	- 0.61
April	36.8	56.0	47.4	- 0.7	413	125	- 22	16	3.14	+ 1.57
May	44.6	62.3	53.4	- 0.4	481	159	- 27	18	1.47	- 0.46
June	49.3	66.2	57.8	- 2.5	494	168	- 29	15	2.65	+ 0.61
July	50.3	69.8	60.0	- 3.7	498	182	- 54	13	0.97	- 1.43
August	52.0	71.2	61.6	- 1.3	451	180	- 30	13	1.92	0.42
September	43.0	69.5	58.7	+ 0.5	380	154	- 1	6	0.62	- 1.53
October	43.5	58.7	51.1	+ 0.7	331	99	+ 4	24	3.25	+ 0.47
November	38.9	50.8	44.8	+ 1.4	266	37	- 11	9	2.23	+ 0.01
December	37.2	46.1	41.6	+ 2.0	244	47	+ 14	15	2.73	+ 0.90
Year	41.9	57.5	49.7	- 0.4	4458	1417	- 85	163	22.25	- 1.87

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* The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 65 years for Rain and Temperature.
and 10 years for Sunshine.