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Marylebone 1903

[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 JULY, 1903,
BY ALEXANDER WYNTER BLYTH,
Medical Officer of Health, and Analyst of Food and Drugs
for the Borough of St. Marylebone.
PRINTED BY ORDER OP THE COUNCIL.
Vol. XXIII. 3, Upper Gloucester Place, W., Aug. 7th, 1903. No. 7.
The week ending July 4th was rainless. Minimum temperature,
54.0° ; maximum, 85.0°; mean, 69.2°. The winds were variable. The
sunshine registered in Regent's Park amounted to 849 hours out of a possible
115.5. Mean barometer 30.0 inches.
The week ending July 11th was also rainless and fairly bright;
minimum temperature, 45.0°; maximum, 86.0°; mean, 68.7. The
winds were NW. and SW. Sunshine in Regent's Park, 60.8 hours.
Mean barometer 30.0 inches.
The week ending July 18th was unsettled. Minimum temperature,
47.5°; maximum, 75.5; mean, 63.4°. On two days there were heavy
thunder showers and rainfall amounting to 2.12 inches. The winds were
variable. Sunshine, 29.5 hours. Mean barometer (low) 29.8 inches.
The week ending July 25th was also unsettled. Minimum temperature,
48.0 ; maximum, 72.0° ; mean, 62.9°. On three days rain fell, the total
fall being 1.21 inch. Winds, NW. and SW. Sunshine, 27.9 hours. Mean
barometer 29.9 inches.
The week ending August 1st was wet. Minimum temperature, 52.0°
maximum, 68.0° ; mean, 59.2. Rain fell during 6 days, giving a total fall
of 2.07 inches. Winds, NW. and SW. Sunshine, 28.9 hours. Mean barometer,
29.7 inches.