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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
Malden and Coombe 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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MORTUARY.
Twenty-four bodies were brought to the Mortuary and
a post mortem examination was made on twenty-three.
H.M. Coroner for the district held inquests in ten
instances and the following verdicts were returned:—
Natural causes 6
Accidental 1
Suicide 2
Misadventure 1
RAINFALL.
Table showing rainfall in the district during 1940, taken at the Sewage Disposal Works, California Road, New Maiden:—
| January | 2.56 inches. |
| February | 1.39 „ |
| March | 3.12 „ |
| April | 1.67 „ |
| May | 1.16 „ |
| June | 0.58 „ |
| July | 3.07 „ |
| August | 0.17 „ |
| September | 1.30 „ |
| October | 1.94 „ |
| November | 6.51 „ |
| December | 0.99 „ |
| Total | 24.46 „ |
Compared with the figures for the previous year this
is an decrease of 1.50 inches.
Average yearly rainfall (for past five years) 23.98.