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Wealdstone 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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Mr.Walker very kindly furnishes me with the following summary of the rainfall during 1909:-
| 1908. | Inches. | 1909. | Inches. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.86 | .81 | ||||||
| F ebruary | 1.55 | .39 | ||||||
| March | 3.34 | 2.92 | ||||||
| April | 2.71 | 1.71 | ||||||
| May | 1.77 | 1.49 | ||||||
| June | 1.69 | 3.88 | ||||||
| July | 3.63 | 3.59 | ||||||
| August | 2.98 | 2.o6 | ||||||
| September | 1.66 | 2.82 | ||||||
| October | 2.38 | 4.35 | ||||||
| November | .84 | .81 | ||||||
| December | 2.28 | 2.91 | ||||||
| Total | 27.74 | |||||||
| Year. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | |||
| Wettest month | March | November | October | July | October | |||
| 3.58 | 4.15 | 4.28 | 6.63 | 4.35 | ||||
| Driest Month | Dec. | April | January | November | February | |||
| .94 | .57 | .86 | .84 | .39 | ||||
| Day on which greatest amount of rain fell. | 9th July | 28th June | 14th Oct. | 7th January | 27th July | |||
| 1.52 | 2.28 | .94 | 1.30 | 1.16 | ||||
| Longest dry period. | 14 days | 18 days | 17 days | 15 days | 13 days | |||
| 4—17 May | 26 Mar.-12 Apl. | 8—24 Sept. | 18 June—2 July | 3—15 Aug | ||||
| 21 July—4 Aug. | ||||||||
| Rain fell on | 161 days | 180 | 197 | 176 | 207 | |||
| Total Rainfall in inches. | 23.04 | 27.47 | 25.24 | 26.69 | 27.74 | |||
The usual tables of statistics for the Local Government
Board and for the Home Office, and also tabulated
reports of sanitary work for the use of the County Council
are appended to the end of this Report.
In concluding this Report, Gentlemen, I beg to be
allowed to express my best thanks to you for the kind
support you have at all times afforded me, and for the
keen interest you have always evinced as a Council in
all sanitary progress, which is most helpful and encouraging
to your Officers in this Department. I wish also
to offer my sincere thanks to Mr. Bryant, your Clerk, and
Mr. Walker, your Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector, for