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Marylebone 1899
The sanitary chronicles of the Parish of St. Marylebone being the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
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A REPORT
of the
METEOROLOGY, MORTALITY, AND SICKNESS
of the
PARISH OF ST. MARYLEBONE
FOR. THE YEAE 1899,
By A. Wyntek Blyth.
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY.
March Quarter.
January was a wet month of moderate temperature and
free from fog. There was but little sunshine; winds for
the most part S.W. ; 4.52 inches of rain fell in 24 days.
Minimum temperature, 29°.0 ; maximum, 55°.0 ; mean,
43°1.
February was cool and foggy ; sunshine was deficient.
There were six rainy days, giving a rainfall of 1.15 inch.
Minimum temperature, 26°-0 ; maximum, 65°-0 ; mean,
41°.6.
March was cold with a good deal of frost: on only
one day rain fell (0.09 inch). The sky was generally
overcast, and sunshine deficient. Minimum temperature,
21°-3 ; maximum, 6l°.0 ; mean, 40o,4.
June Quarter.
April was changeable, wet and cool. There were 17
rainy days giving a rainfall of 2.9(5 inches. Minimum
temperature, 36°0 ; maximum, 60°,5 ; mean, 55°2 ; sunshine
from 17 to 27 per cent.