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3
ANNUAL REPORT
upon the
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION
of the
UNITED PARISHES
of
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
For the Year 1895,
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 British
Institute of Public Health.
To the Members of the United, Vestry.
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 United Parishes, for the year 1895.
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY.
First Quarter.
The mean reading of the barometer was 29.664 inches; the
mean temperature of the air 35.2. The amount of rain
measured during the quarter was 3.27 inches, and the amount
of bright sunshine recorded was 146.2 hours.
The weather was cold from the beginning of the year until
the 13th January; it was then somewhat milder until the
31st, when a cold period of exceptional intensity set in and
lasted until February 19th, and in a somewhat less severe
form until March 9th. From March 10th to 18th the temperature
exceeded the average, but on the last three days of
the quarter it again fell below the average.
Second Quarter.
The mean reading of the barometer was 29.846 inches; the
mean temperature of the air was 55.1; the rainfall was 1*91
inches, and the amount of bright sunshine recorded during the
quarter was 457.8 hours.