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SANITARY REPORT, 1896.
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 Conditions
of the District during the year 1896.
METEOROLOGY.
The winter all through was a mild one, being in
strong contrast to the first quarter of 1895, when
the temperature fell to zero. In November and
December of 1895 the temperature was above the
average, also in each month of the first quarter of
1896, being nearly four degrees in January, 1.6 in
February and 4.6 in March, the weather generally
was dull. The amount of rain was below the average
in January and February, but 1.48 in. above it
in March. In the second quarter the temperature
was also above the average in each month, being five
degrees above in June; the rainfall was 51 percent.
below the average, or half the usual amount. In the
third quarter the temperature was a little above the
average, being 3.6 above in July, 1.7 below in