Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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Date. | Name. | Premises. | Offences. | Result. |
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1912. Mar. 5 | F. Offer | 157, Shaftesbury Avenue | Selling milk 15.3 per cent. deficient in fat | Summons not served. Defendant "Gone away." |
April 12 | J. K. Enfield | 24. Great Queen Street | Selling milk 9.6 per cent. deficient in fat | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
May 3 | W. Horstead | 5, Coptic Street | Selling milk 6.6 per cent. deficient in fat | Warranty proved. Summons withdrawn. |
„ | Mary Walters | 17, High Street | Selling milk 11.3 per cent. deficient in fat. | do. |
June 6 | Henry Hanson | 61 Marchmont Street | Selling milk containing 8.4 per cent. of added water | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
„ | do. | do. | Selling milk 8.0 per cent. deficient in fat. | do. |
July 5 | Daniel Shehan | 3, Devonshire Street | Selling milk 13.0 per cent. deficient in fat. | Defendant convicted and fined 20s and 12s 6d. costs. |
„ 12 | E. Barron | 1, Denmark Street | Selling milk 10.0 per cent. deficient in fat. | Defendant convicted and fined 10s. and 12s 6d. costs. |
Septr. 13 | Henry Hammond | 10, Bury Street | Selling milk 10.0 per cent. deficient in fat. | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s 6d costs. |
Oct. 25 | Morris Mager | 2, Red Lion Passage | Selling milk containing 9.5 per cent. added water | Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
1912. | Air Temperature. | Bright Sunshine. | Rain and other forms op precipitation. | ||||||
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Mean of— | Mean of A. and B. | Difference from Normal.1 | Daily Mean. | Difference from Normal.* | Per cent. of possible. | Total fall. | Difference from Normal.* | ||
A. | B. | ||||||||
Maximum | Minimum. | ||||||||
º | º | º | º | hrs. | hrs. | % | ins | ins. | |
January | 44.9 | 36.0 | 40.4 | +2.0 | 0.89 | - 0.51 | 11 | 3.03 | + 1.15 |
February | 48.6 | 38.6 | 43.6 | + 3.8 | 1.33 | -0.78 | 13 | 1.73 | +0.25 |
March | 53.3 | 10.5 | 46.9 | *+4.4 | 2.97 | -0.39 | 25 | 2.58 | + 1.06 |
April | 59.8 | 39.4 | 49.6 | + 1.5 | 7.47 | + 2.44 | 54 | 0.04 | - 1.53 |
May | 67.5 | 46.5 | 57.0 | + 3.2 | 6.15 | -0.26 | 40 | 1.29 | -0.63 |
June | 69.5 | 49.3 | 59.4 | -0.9 | 7.29 | +1.81 | 44 | 2.35 | +0.31 |
July | 74.9 | 54.4 | 64.6 | +0.9 | 5.34 | -1.91 | 33 | 1.24 | -1.16 |
August | 66.7 | 50.1 | 58.4 | -4.5 | 3.69 | -3.09 | 25 | 4.27 | +1.93 |
September | 60.8 | 46.5 | 53.7 | -4.5 | 3.96 | -1.26 | 31 | 2.11 | -0.04 |
October | 57.1 | 39.3 | 48.2 | -2.2 | 3.96 | + 0.88 | 37 | 1.88 | -0.90 |
November | 48.3 | 39.3 | 43.8 | +0.4 | 0.89 | -0.83 | 10 | 1.55 | -0.67 |
December | 50.6 | 40.7 | 45.7 | + 6.1 | 0.97 | -0.12 | 12 | 2.80 | +0.97 |
Year | 58.5 | 43.4 | 51.0 | +0.9 | 3.74 | -0.43 | 31 | 24.87 | +0.75 |
* The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 65 years for Rain and Temperature,
and 15 years for Sunshine.