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The Urban District Council of Acton.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE YEAR 1895.
To the Chairman & Members of the Acton District Council.
Gentlemen,
Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five maintained its
character for Meteorological eccentricity to the last. After nearly
the coldest weather of the Century in its first three months, and the
warmest on record in its last three months, it ended with a day
that, so far as temperature went, would not have been considered
anything exceptional in June.
The severe frost caused much suffering and inconvenience
to householders owing to the early freezing of the mains, and also
of the pipes connecting the main with the domestic arrangements;
but I trust this trouble, so far as the mains are concerned, will not