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Kingston upon Thames 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: METEOROLOGY. 1925.

METEOROLOGY. 1925.

Temperature of Air.Rainfall. Inches.
Highest.Lowest.Mean MaxMean Min.
January622753371.81
February622754363.96
March62225434.47
April712962382.16
May813269471.91
June86437551.07
July904779554.11
August804674542.40
September733865452.51
October723361452.71
November622247331.94
December592045332.39
Total26.44

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The average annual rainfall (Greenwich) for (he hundred
years, 1821—1920, was 24.39 inches.

Table: The following table gives the annual rainfall, as recorded at the Kingston Sewage Works, for the last five years:—

The following table gives the annual rainfall, as recorded at the Kingston Sewage Works, for the last five years:—

192113.05 inches.
192225.40 „
192327.77 ,,
192433.08 ,,
192526.44 „

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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.—This is carried out by District Nurses
from the Kingston Nursing Association, and in necessitous
cases the fees are defrayed by the Council.
(b) Infectious Diseases.—In Measles, Whooping
Cough, and Epidemic Diarrhoea, the Health Visitors are
under instructions to visit the cases and give practical
advice as to the best methods of nursing them.
Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum are visited and treatment
carried out by Nurses from the Kingston Nursing
Association, the fees being paid by the Council.
Midwives.
The Midwives are under the administrative control of
the Surrey County Council.
There were nine residing in the Borough at the end
of the year.