London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.— continued.
| Date. | Name. | Address. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7 | Martha Kershaw | 9, Cursitor Street | Selling milk which was adulterated with 12 per cent, of added water | Summons withdrawn: application for costs refused |
| ,, | Thomas Richards | 109, Fetter Lane | Selling milk adulterated with 18.3 per cent. of added water | Defendant convicted, fined £20 and 12s. 6d. costs; defendant appealed; appeal allowed |
| May 23 | Philip Dooley | 45, Great Wild Street | Selling milk from which 34 per cent. of the fat had been abstracted | Defendant convicted and fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| ,, | Vegetarian Gate Co. limited | 11, High Holborn | Selling milk from which 7.3 per cent. of the fat had been abstracted | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. (3d. costs |
| ,, | Do. | Do. | Selling milk which was adulterated with 10.1 per cent, of added water | Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 2s. costs |
| June 25th | Medcalf Bros. | 188, Clerkenwell Road | Selling milk from which 25% of the fat had been abstracted | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. fid. costs |
| ,, | Ellen Harbroe | 1, Clark's Buildings | Selling milk from which of the fat had been abstracted | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs, but on defendant's request that third part of sample might be analysed by the Government Analyst, and the same having been broken, the summons was dismissed |
| July | John Edwards | 28, Hastings Street | Selling milk from which 15.3% of the fat had been abstracted | Defendant convicted and fined 5s. and 12s. 6d. costs |
| Nov. 6th | Charles Anderson | 3, Red Lion Passage | Selling milk adulterated with 8.4% of added water | Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs |
| ,, | Alfred Wiles | 17, Charles Street | Exposing margarine for sale unlabelled | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs |
| Dec. 11th | Charles Galley | 80, Neal Street | Selling skimmed milk | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs |
TABLE VIII.
| 1900. MONTHS. | Mean Reading of the Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Rain. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HighestbyDay. | LowestbyNight. | Rangein Month. | Mean ofall Highest. | Mean ofall Lowest. | Mean Daily Range. | Mean forthe Month. | Departure from Average of 130 Years, 1771—1900. | Number of Days . it Fell. | | AmountCollected. | ||
| January | in. 29 860 | 54.1˚ | 21.0˚ | 33.1˚ | 43.2˚ | 33.5˚ | 9.7˚ | 38.7˚ | + 1.9˚ | 11 | in. 0.76 |
| February | 29.881 | 52.3 | 20.4 | 31.9 | 40.1 | 31.2 | 8.9 | 35.7 | —3.1 | 11 | 0.86 |
| March | 29. 592 | 54.1 | 24. 2 | 29.9 | 45.0 | 33.8 | 11.2 | 39.0 | —2.1 | 16 | 2.17 |
| April | 29.676 | 76.6 | 30.3 | 46.3 | 58.0 | 39.3 | 18.7 | 48.2 | +2.0 | 13 | 1.81 |
| May | 29.911 | 83. 2 | 35.3 | 47.9 | 63.7 | 43.6 | 20.1 | 53.2 | +0.6 | 5 | 1.79 |
| June | 29.879 | 79.7 | 42.7 | 37.0 | 69.3 | 49. 3 | 20.0 | 58.8 | +0.4 | 9 | 1. 49 |
| July | 29.825 | 87.9 | 46.2 | 41.7 | 76.3 | 54.1 | 22.2 | 64.8 | +3.0 | 8 | 1.72 |
| August | 29.872 | 84.2 | 44.5 | 39.7 | 73.7 | 52. 9 | 20.8 | 62.3 | + 1.3 | 10 | 2.03 |
| September | 29.745 | 76.9 | 39 .6 | 37.3 | 67.2 | 50.0 | 17.2 | 57.9 | +1.3 | 6 | 1.35 |
| October | 29. 745 | 75.3 | 29.9 | 45.4 | 58.1 | 43.1 | 15.0 | 50.5 | + 1.0 | 11 | 2.60 |
| November | 29.990 | 54.8 | 20.6 | 34.2 | 46.6 | 35.9 | 10.7 | 41.3 | —2.4 | 8 | 0.67 |
| December | 29.476 | 54.4 | 24.8 | 30.6 | 44.1 | 34.7 | 9.4 | 39.9 | +0.1 | 15 | 3.03 |
| Means | 29.788 | 69.5 | 31.6 | 37.9 | 57.1 | 41.8 | 15.3 | 49.2 | +0.3 | 123 sum. | 20.28 sum. | |