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Holborn 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE X.—continued. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.—continued. Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—continued.

Date.Name.Premises.Offences.Result.
1912. Mar. 5F. Offer157, Shaftesbury AvenueSelling milk 15.3 per cent. deficient in fatSummons not served. Defendant "Gone away."
April 12J. K. Enfield24. Great Queen StreetSelling milk 9.6 per cent. deficient in fatDefendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
May 3W. Horstead5, Coptic StreetSelling milk 6.6 per cent. deficient in fatWarranty proved. Summons withdrawn.
Mary Walters17, High StreetSelling milk 11.3 per cent. deficient in fat.do.
June 6Henry Hanson61 Marchmont StreetSelling milk containing 8.4 per cent. of added waterWarranty proved. Summons dismissed.
do.do.Selling milk 8.0 per cent. deficient in fat.do.
July 5Daniel Shehan3, Devonshire StreetSelling milk 13.0 per cent. deficient in fat.Defendant convicted and fined 20s and 12s 6d. costs.
„ 12E. Barron1, Denmark StreetSelling milk 10.0 per cent. deficient in fat.Defendant convicted and fined 10s. and 12s 6d. costs.
Septr. 13Henry Hammond10, Bury StreetSelling milk 10.0 per cent. deficient in fat.Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s 6d costs.
Oct. 25Morris Mager2, Red Lion PassageSelling milk containing 9.5 per cent. added waterDefendant convicted and fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs.

TABLE XI. Meteorology of London, 1912. (Deduced from observations at Greenwich under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)

1912.Air Temperature.Bright Sunshine.Rain and other forms op precipitation.
Mean of—Mean of A. and B.Difference from Normal.1Daily Mean.Difference from Normal.*Per cent. of possible.Total fall.Difference from Normal.*
A.B.
MaximumMinimum.
ººººhrs.hrs.%insins.
January44.936.040.4+2.00.89- 0.51113.03+ 1.15
February48.638.643.6+ 3.81.33-0.78131.73+0.25
March53.310.546.9*+4.42.97-0.39252.58+ 1.06
April59.839.449.6+ 1.57.47+ 2.44540.04- 1.53
May67.546.557.0+ 3.26.15-0.26401.29-0.63
June69.549.359.4-0.97.29+1.81442.35+0.31
July74.954.464.6+0.95.34-1.91331.24-1.16
August66.750.158.4-4.53.69-3.09254.27+1.93
September60.846.553.7-4.53.96-1.26312.11-0.04
October57.139.348.2-2.23.96+ 0.88371.88-0.90
November48.339.343.8+0.40.89-0.83101.55-0.67
December50.640.745.7+ 6.10.97-0.12122.80+0.97
Year58.543.451.0+0.93.74-0.433124.87+0.75

* The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 65 years for Rain and Temperature,
and 15 years for Sunshine.