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Very few complaints of smoke nuisances were received during the year.
Three Intimation Notices were served, and in one case, in which several complaints
had been received and recurring nuisances had been observed, Statutory Notice
was served. Since the service of the Statutory Notice only slight nuisances of
very short duration have been observed.
For further details of Sanitary Work and Legal Proceedings see Tables
V., VI., VII., VIII., IX. and X.
METEOROLOGY OF LONDON, 1913.
The mean temperature of the year was 51.3, and was 1.8° above the average
for the preceding 70 years as deduced from observations at Greenwich, under the
superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.
The rainfall was 22.44 inches, and was 1.68 inches below the average of the
preceding 65 years.
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The daily mean duration of bright sunshine was 3.63 hours, and was 0.52 hours
below the average of the preceding 16 years. It was 30 per cent. of the total
possible sunshine.
Further details are given in Table XI. of the Appendix.