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Willesden 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden, UDC]
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SANITARY REPORT for 1898.
To the Chairman and Members of the Willesden Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my tenth
Annual Report giving the statistics and general
sanitary condition of the District during the year
1898.
METEOROLOGY.
In the first quarter the temperature was 2.6
degrees above the average. January was mild, 6.9
degrees above the usual. The rainfall was below the
average by 1.71 inches.
In the second quarter the temperature was
identical with the average, the rainfall being slightly
below. In the third quarter the temperature was
above the average, though it was slightly below in
July, but 3.7 in August and 5.5 in September above.
The rainfall was much below; the total for the
12 months ending September being only 14.76 inches,
which is about ten inches less than the average annual
fall. The three months were noticeable for the
amount of sunshine,