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 St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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THE
SANITARY CHRONICLES
OF THE
BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE
DURING JULY, 1904,
BY ALEXANDER WINTER BLYTH,
Medical Officer of Health, and Analyst of Food and Drugs
for the Borough of St. Marylebone.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL.
Vol. XXIV. 3, Upper Gloucester Place, W., Aug. 10th, 1904. No. 7
The week ending July 2nd was dry, bright and warm. Minimum
temperature, 47.0°; maximum, 75.0°; mean, 63.9°. On one day only a
little rain fell (0.03 inch). Winds variable. Sunshine registered in Regent's
Park, 68.4 hours, equal to 59.2 %. Mean barometer, 29.9 inches.
The week ending July 9th was similar in weather to the preceding.
Minimum temperature, 50.0°; maximum, 81.0°; mean, 67.5°. On one day
rain fell (0.10 inch). Winds westerly. Sunshine, 45.3 %. Mean barometer,
30.0 inches.
The week ending July 16th was very warm, the mean temperature being
no less than 72.3°, with minimum and maximum of 67.0° and 84.0°. On one
day only rain fell (0.02 inch). Winds S.W. and S.E. Sunshine in Eegent's
Park, 74%. Mean barometer, 30.0 inches.
The week ending July 23rd was almost equal in heat to the previous
week, the mean temperature being 71.4°, the minimum 55.0°; the maximum,
89.0°. A slight shower of rain fell (0.02 inch). Winds S.W. and S.E.
Sunshine, 65.8%. Mean barometer, 30.0 inches.