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SANITARY REPORT, 1893.
To the Chairman and Members of the Willesden
Local Board.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my report of
the sanitary state of the district daring 1893. The
year has been a remarkable one in some respects—
for its long dry weather, small rainfall, extra sunshine,
the prevalence of scarlet fever and small-pox
over great part of the country ; increased illness
and a high death rate during the third quarter
which is usually the healthy one.
From the Registrar-General's quarterly reports
it appears that the long spell of fine weather commenced
on March 1st., the temperature for that
month being 5.2 above the average; during the
succeeding quarter it was 47, and in the third
quarter 2.2, being 1.5 in July, 4 6 in August, and
0.5 in September. During eight consecutive months,
ending with September, the temperature was above
the average by 3.5 degrees. The amount of sunshine
was above the average in each of the eight
months except July, when it was 15.0 per cent.
below.