[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RAINFALL, 4 he monthly rainfall as compared with the average monthly rainfall for 1931 was asi follows: — Month. Rainfall 1932. 1932. Days rain fell. Rainfall 1931. 1931. Days rain fell. January 7.80 23 4.40 19 February 0.02 1 7.46 22 March 2.64 13 1.41 11 April 3.53 23 3.20 21 May 5.09 24 4.55 24 June 1.22 7 6.02 20 July 6.06 20 7.61 27 August 1.89 13 4.35 17 September 5.81 18 3.03 11 October 10.50 28 2.84 14 November 3.49 17 11.30 23 December 4.07 22 3.06 19 The rainfall for 1932 amounted to 52;. 12 inches, and rain fell on 209 days, as compared with 227 days in 1931. The average rainfall for the past 52 years is 51.01 inches. The rainfall in February—0.02 inches—was the lowest recorded for any month since 1881, the next lowest being O'.06 inches, which fell in May, 1896. One inch or more of rain in the 24 hours fell on five occasions. The highest fall occurred on the 13th January, 1932, when 1.52 inches were recorded. PORT SANITARY ADMINISTRATION Port Sanitary Regulations, 1933.—These Regulations came into force on May 1st, 1933, and replaced several general and special Regulations relating to Cholera, Yellow Fever, Plague, Small Pox, and the deratisation of ships, their object being to consolidate in one code the whole of the Regulations relating to the control of shipping in ports, with the exception of the Order of 1912, which relates to the cleansing and disinfection of ships.