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, 1906,
BY ALEXANDER WYNTER BLYTH,
Medical Officer of Health and Analyst of Food and
Drug's for the Borough of St. Marylebone.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL.
Vol. XXVI. 3, Upper Gloucester Place W., Aug. 11th, 1906. No. 7
The week ending July 7th was the first of a series of dry warm weeks
with considerable bright sunshine. Minimum temperature, 46.0° ; maximum,
77.0°; mean, 63.3°, No rain fell. Winds, E.S.E. Sunshine in Regent's
Park, 65.8 hours, equal to 57.1% of the possible sunshine. Mean barometer,
30.0 inches.
The week ending July 14th was also rainless with variable airs. Minimum
temperature, 48.0°; maximum, 74.5°; mean, 64.5°. Sunshine, 41.8%.
Mean barometer, 30.0 inches.
The week ending July 21st was not so bright as the preceding weeks.
Minimum temperature, 46.5° ; maximum, 82.0° ; mean, 65.9°. On one
day slight rain fell (0.04 inch). Winds W.S.W. and S. W. Sunshine, 40.4%
of the possible. Mean barometer, 29.9 inches.
The week ending July 28th was warm, bright and unsettled. Minimum
temperature, 43.0°; maximum, 80.5°; mean, 69.9°. On three days rain
fell 0.23 inch. Sunshine, 61.3%. Mean barometer, 29.9 inches.
The week ending August 4th was warm and unsettled. Minimum
temperature 50.4°; maximum, 85.0° ; mean, 67.3°. Winds, W.S.W. Rain