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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kingston upon Thames 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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METEOROLOGY, 1931.
| Temperature of Air | Rainfall Inches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | Lowest | Mean Max. | Mean Min. | ||
| January | 53 | 22 | 43 | 33 | 1.20 |
| February | 60 | 23 | 47 | 32 | 1.54 |
| March | 68 | 16 | 50 | 33 | 0.20 |
| April | 71 | 32 | 59 | 41 | 3.90 |
| May | 82 | 37 | 69 | 46 | 2.48 |
| June | 88 | 42 | 78 | 52 | 1.55 |
| July | 88 | 45 | 79 | 53 | 2.96 |
| August | 82 | 41 | 73 | 53 | 5.22 |
| September | 74 | 37 | 64 | 46 | 2.09 |
| October | 72 | 24 | 59 | 41 | 0.67 |
| November | 61 | 26 | 52 | 40 | 2.08 |
| December | 61 | 20 | 48 | 36 | 0.49 |
| 22.38 | |||||
The average annual rainfall (Greenwich) for the hundred
years, 1821-1920, was 24.39 inches.
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) Infections 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.
If attended by District Nurses the fees may be paid by
the Corporation.
Mid-wives.
The Midwives are under the administrative control of
the Surrey County Council.
There were twelve registered as practising in the Borough
at the end of the year.
The Kingston Nursing Association, 33, Birkenhead
Avenue, undertake District Midwifery work.