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SANITARY REPORT, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the Willesden Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual
Report of the statistics and general sanitary condition
of the District during the year 1895. The
general health has maintained a fairly favourable
state throughout the year, but scarlet fever and
diphtheria have been prevalent.
METEOROLOGY.
According to my recent custom, I give a short
statement of the climatic conditions of the year, as I
find such a short summary forms a useful reference.
The latter part of January and the month of February
will be remembered on account of the extreme
cold that prevailed. From the Quarterly Report of
the Registrar General, it appears that north of
London at Barnet, the lowest point of the thermometer
registered was only one degree above zero, or
31 degrees of frost; at Croydon, on the southern
side, it was rather less ; in some parts of the country