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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 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Date. | Premises. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 May 16th | 61, Red Lion Street | Selling milk adulterated with 7 2 per cent. of added water | Summons not served. |
| „ „ | 10, Bury Street | Selling milk 28 per cent. deficient in fat | Summons not served in the statutory period. |
| June 6th and 13th | 40, Warner Street | Selling milk adulterated with at least 11.8 per cent. of added water | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| July 12th | 10, Bury Street | Selling milk at least 34.6 per cent deficient in fat | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
| Sept. 5th, 19th and 26th | 9, Hand Court | Selling milk 16.6 per cent. deficient in fat | Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs |
| 13, Chapel Street | Selling butter containing 3.5 per cent. excess of water | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
TABLE XIII.
Meteorology of London, 1906.
(Deduced from observations at Greenwich under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)
| 1906 | Air Temperature. | Bright Sunshine. | Rain and other forms of. Precipitation. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of— A. B.. | Mean of A. and B. | Difference from Average.* | Total possible. | Total observed. | Difference from Average.* | Number of Days, | Total fall. | Difference from Average.* | ||
| Minimum. | Maximum. | |||||||||
| o | o | o | o | hrs. | ||||||
| January | 37.4 | 46.9 | 42.2 | + 3.7 | 259 | 54.9 | +22.9 | 18 | 3.71 | + 1.72 |
| February | 33.5 | 44.3 | 38.9 | — 0.6 | 277 | 62.8 | + 9.0 | 18 | 1.80 | + 0.32 |
| March | 35.6 | 48.8 | 42.2 | + 0.5 | 365 | 101.4 | + 9.1 | 18 | 1.09 | — 0.37 |
| April | 35.2 | 57.3 | 46.2 | — 1.0 | 413 | 218.5 | + 72.2 | 9 | 0.67 | — 0.99 |
| May | 44.4 | 62.4 | 53.4 | + 0.3 | 481 | 153.0 | — 27.6 | 12 | 1.57 | — 0.44 |
| June | 47.9 | 69.8 | 58.8 | — 0.6 | 495 | 241.2 | + 52.6 | 7 | 2.80 | + 0.78 |
| July | 53.3 | 75.4 | 64.4 | + 20 | 493 | 262.6 | + 66.3 | 7 | 0.41 | — 2.06 |
| August | 54.4 | 77.0 | 65.7 | + 4.1 | 451 | 248.7 | + 60.9 | 8 | 1.39 | — 0.96 |
| September | 49.3 | 69.8 | 59.5 | + 2.3 | 379 | 185.7 | + 41.6 | 11 | 1.97 | — 0.28 |
| October | 46.9 | 61.8 | 54.4 | + 4.4 | 331 | 128.0 | + 37.5 | 17 | 3.04 | + 0.23 |
| November | 40.4 | 51.5 | 45.9 | + 2.7 | 266 | 45.1 | + 4.8 | 17 | 4.11 | + 1.84 |
| December | 32.0 | 42.3 | 37.2 | — 2.5 | 244 | 32.6 | + 5.0 | 19 | 2.16 | + 0.39 |
| Year | 42.5 | 58.9 | 50.7 | + 1.2 | 4459 | 1734.5 | + 354.3 | 161 | 24.72 | — 0.18 |
* The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 50 years for Rain and Temperature,
and 15 years for Sunshine.