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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
Lewisham 1901
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1901
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Table 12.
Showing Meteorological Records at Greenwich, Total Deaths, and Deaths from three (roups of
Diseases in the Borough of Lewisham for each week of the year, 1901.
| No. of W eek. | "Week ended. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from | Mean Temper· ture of the Air. | Mean of the | Mean Temperature 3 feet below Earth. | Fall of Rain in inches. | Sun above Horizon in hours. | Registered Sunshine in hours. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Diseases. | Notifiable Zymotic Diseases. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Highest Readings of the Thermometer. | Lowest Readings of the Thermometer. | |||||||||
| l | Jan. | 5 | 27 | 10 | l | _ | O 37·8 | O 41·7 | O 33·1 | 46·20 | 0·56 | 55·1 | 1·7 |
| 2 | 99 | 12 | 38 | 12 | — | l | 34·6 | 39·0 | 29·3 | 43·56 | 0·23 | 56·5 | 8·7 |
| 3 | 99 | 19 | 35 | 13 | — | l | 40·2 | 45·3 | 34·1 | 42·97 | 0·22 | 58·3 | 13·3 |
| 4 | 99 | 26 | 46 | 10 | 2 | — | 44·2 | 49·0 | 39·3 | 43·91 | 0·18 | 60·3 | 12·6 |
| 5 | Feb. | 2 | 38 | 5 | 5 | l | 36·9 | 41·5 | 31·8 | 43·44 | 0.10 | 62·9 | 6·9 |
| 6 | 99 | 9 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 34·3 | 38·2 | 29·6 | 41·36 | 0·47 | 65'6 | 2·2 |
| 7 | 99 | 16 | 20 | 3 | — | 1 | 32·6 | 37·5 | 26·7 | 40·50 | 0·03 | 68·6 | 11·9 |
| 8 | 99 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35·1 | 39·1 | 31·7 | 39·26 | 0·15 | 71·6 | 6·6 |
| 9 | March | 2 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43·9 | 49·1 | 38·7 | 40·39 | 0·57 | 74·8 | 15·7 |
| 10 | 99 | 9 | 41 | 12 | — | 3 | 42·0 | 48·0 | 37·1 | 41·96 | 0·76 | 77·9 | 11·4 |
| 11 | 99 | 16 | 31 | 5 | — | 3 | 39·0 | 44·6 | 33·7 | 41·91 | 0·09 | 81·3 | 5·4 |
| 12 | 99 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 38·3 | 43·1 | 34·2 | 41·78 | 0·31 | 84·6 | 13·2 |
| 13 | 99 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34·2 | 41·1 | 28·4 | 40·53 | 0·44 | 87·7 | 21·2 |
| 14 | April | 6 | 34 | 10 | 3 | — | 44·4 | 53·2 | 36·1 | 41·23 | 0·97 | 91·0 | 27·4 |
| 15 | 99 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 2 | — | 46·2 | 54·1 | 41·0 | 43·57 | 0·71 | 94·0 | 29·0 |
| 16 | 99 | 20 | 24 | 4 | — | — | 47·3 | 56·7 | 38·2 | 44·02 | 0·33 | 97·3 | 48·6 |
| 17 | 99 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | — | 54·7 | 66·2 | 43·3 | 46·63 | 0·02 | 100·1 | 77·2 |
| 18 | May | 4 | 33 | 8 | — | 1 | 49·3 | 61·0 | 39·0 | 47·99 | 0.00 | 103·3 | 45·6 |
| 19 | >» | 11 | 38 | 6 | 2 | — | 47·1 | 55·3 | 41·2 | 48·75 | 1·56 | 10·59 | 17·3 |
| 20 | 99 | 18 | 26 | 4 | — | — | 51·7 | 62·9 | 41·4 | 49·32 | 0.00 | 10·87 | 69·7 |