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Annual Report
upon the
PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITARY CONDITION
of the
UNITED PARISHES
of
St. Margaret and St. John, Mestminster,
For the Year 1900.
By JOHN NORTON, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Fellow of the
Incorporated Society of Medical Officers of Health; Fellow of the Royal
Institute of Public Health.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the City of
Westminster.
My Lord Duke, My Lords and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to place before you my Annual
Report on the health, sanitary condition, and vital statistics of
the Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John for the year 1900.
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY.
(Royal Observatory.)
First Quarter.
The mean reading of the barometer was 29.661 inches; the
mean temperature of the air 39°2. The amount of rain
measured during the quarter was 6.78 inches, and the amount
of bright sunshine recorded was 172.8 hours.
The weather during the first two months of the quarter was
generally wet and dull, the temperature being above the
average, excepting from 12th to 14th January, and from 27th
January to 15th February. The coldest period was from 7th
to 13th February, when the deficiency of temperature