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Marylebone 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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THE
SANITARY CHRONICLES
of the
BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE
DURING MAY, 1901.
BY ALEXANDER WYNTER BLYTH,
Medical Officer of Health, and Analyst of Food and Drugs, for the
Borough of St. Marylebone.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL.
Vol. XXI. Town Hall, St. Mabylebone, June 3bd, 1901. No. 5.
The week ending May 4th was rainless. Minimum temperature, 34° ;
maximum, 66°.7 ; mean, 53°.5. Winds, NE. Sunshine registered, 41.4 per
cent. Mean barometer, 30 inches.
The week ending May 11th was less bright and summer-like. Minimum
temperature, 40.0° ; maximum, 50.2° ; mean, 48.9°. Winds WNYV. Rain
fell on four days, 0.61 inch. Mean barometer, 29.6 inch.
The week ending May 18th was rainless and exceptionally sunny.
Minimum temperature, 37.5° ; maximum, 56.0°. Winds ENE. Sunshine
registered 62.8 per cent. Mean barometer 30.2 inches.
The week ending May 25th was also rainless and bright. Minimum
temperature, 42.5° ; maximum, 76.0° ; mean, 60.3°. Winds ESE. Sunshine
62 per cent. Mean barometer 30.2 inches.
The four weeks considered as a whole were exceptionally mild, dry and
bright.