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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TABLE X—continued.
LEGAL PEOCEEDINGS.—continued.
Sale of Foods and "Drugs Acts.—continued.
Date. | X a me. | Address. | Offences. | Result. |
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1913. April 25 ... | Williams Bros. | 73, Mount Pleasant ... | Selling milk 27 percent, deficient in fat | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
May 1 ... | George Jones.. | 157 .Shaftesbury Avenue | Selling butter containing 87 per cent, foreign fat | Defendant convicted and fined £3 and 14s. costs. |
..... | do. | do. | Selling margarine unlabelled ... | Defendant convicted and ordered to pay 1 s. costs |
June 6 ... | Annie Hunt ... | 16, Dyott Street | Selling milk 7 6 per cent, deficient in fat | Defendant convicted and ordered to pay 12s 6d. costs. |
July 4 ... | Margaret Fitzgerald | 8, Laystall Street | Selling milk 7'6 per cent, deficient in fat | Defendant convicted and ordered to pay 12s fid. costs. |
8 ... | William Bates | 172, Wardour Street .. | Selling milk 70 per cent, deficient in fat | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
Aug. 1 ... | Williams Bros. | 73, Mount Pleasant ... | Selling milk 6'3 per cent, deficient in fat | do. |
„ 5 ... | Charles Lutz ... | 6, Lambs Conduit Street | Selling milk 11-0 per cent, deficient in fat | Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
„ 6 ... | do | do. | Selling milk containing 8-7 per cent of added water | Summons withdrawn on payment of 2s. costs. |
Oct. 21 ... | Charles W. Jones | 1, Clark's Buildings... | Selling butter containing 6!) per cent, foieign fat | Defendant convicted and fined 30s. and 12s 6d. costs. |
TABLE XI.
Meteorology of London, 1913.
(Deduced from observations at Greenwich under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.
1913. | Air Temperature. | Bright Sunshine | Rain and other forms of precipitation. | ||||||
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Mean of— | M ean of A. and B. | Difference from Normal.* | Daily Mean. | Difference from Normal.* | Per cent, of possible. | Total fall. | Difference from Normal,* | ||
Maximum A | Minimum B | ||||||||
o | o | o | hrs. | hrs. | ins | ins. | |||
January | 46.1 | 359 | 41.0 | +2.4 | 1.76 | +0.39 | 21 | 2.65 | +0.77 |
February | 46.7 | 35.6 | 41.1 | + 1.7 | 2. 08 | -0.05 | 21 | 0.81 | -0.67 |
March | 52.0 | 38.3 | 45.1 | +3.3 | 2.98 | -0.36 | 25 | 2.43 | + 0.91 |
April | 55.4 | 38.9 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 4.00 | - 1.18 | 29 | 2.23 | + 0.66 |
May | 66.6 | 45.3 | 56.0 | + 3.0 | 6.52 | +0.12 | 42 | 1.16 | -0.76 |
June | 71.4 | 49.2 | 60.3 | + 1.1 | 6.81 | + 0.28 | 41 | 0.73 | -1.31 |
July | 68.2 | 51.8 | 60.0 | -2.4 | 3.05 | -4.08 | 19 | 2.12 | -0 .28 |
August | 71.1 | 52.0 | 61.6 | +0.1 | 4.61 | - 1.98 | 32 | 2.07 | -0. 27 |
September | 67.8 | 50.2 | 59.0 | + 1.9 | 4.95 | -0.19 | 89 | 1.25 | -0.90 |
October | 61. 2 | 45. 9 | 53.6 | + 3.5 | 3.57 | +0.43 | 34 | 3.58 | +0.80 |
November | 54 2 | 42.0 | 48.1 | + 4.6 | 2.39 | + 0.72 | 27 | 2.53 | +0.31 |
December | 45.9 | 37.7 | 41.8 | + 1.8 | 0.87 | -0.21 | 11 | 0.88 | -0.95 |
Year | 58. 9 | 43.6 | 61.3 | + 1.8 | 3. 63 | -0.52 | 30 | 22.44 | - 1.68 |
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