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Holborn 1915
Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Only three complaints of smoke nuisances were received during the year.
Six Intimation Notices were served, but in no case, was it necessary to serve a
Statutory Notice.
For further details of Sanitary Work and Legal Proceedings see Tables
V., VI., VII., VIII., IX. and X.
METEOROLOGY OF LONDON, 1915.
The mean temperature of the year was 49.9, and was 0.4° above the average
for the preceding 75 years as deduced from observations at Greenwich, under the
superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.
The rainfall was 30.55 inches, and was 6.38 inches below the average of the
preceding 65 years.
The daily mean duration of bright sunshine was 4.12 hours, and was 0.02 hours
below the average of the preceding 18 years. It was 34 per cent. of the total
possible sunshine.
Further details are given in Table XI. of the Appendix.