Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the third Quarter, 1857. 5
TABLE 3.—
DEATHS, from local weekly returns | Barometer corrected Mean | Thermometer ( Averages) | Dew Point. Mean. | Wind | Rain in inches | ||||||||
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Week | Total Zvmotic Disease | Diarrhoea | Chest Diseases | Total Mortality | Average of ths weeks for 10 years | of Highest | of Lowest | ||||||
Phthisis | All other | ||||||||||||
1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 21.5 | 29.529 | 92.5 | 54.8 | 52.0 | S.W. | 0.61 | The amount of Rain was much more than the Average of the Quarter for many years, which, according to Howard, is 6.370; in the corresponding Quarter last year 6.89. Meteorology from Dr. Thomson's reports taken at St. Thomas's Hospital, except *, which is an average for London. |
2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 23.7 | 29.871 | 78.4 | 51.0 | 49.3 | S.W. | 0.15 | |
3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 28.8 | 30.132 | 86.6 | 57.0 | 51.5 | W. | 0.16 | |
4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 29.5 | 29.948 | 86.1 | 57.4 | 50.7 | Wy. | 0.03 | |
5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 37.7 | 29.993 | 82.1 | 56.3 | 52.0 | Wy. | 0.42 | |
6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 37.0 | 29.767 | 77.9 | 61.8 | 49.1 | S.W. | 1.42 | |
7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 34.4 | 29.859 | 75.4 | 56.0 | 56.4 | s.w. | 1.59* | |
8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 31.9 | 30.151 | 74.5 | 58.8 | 53.0 | N.E. | 0.08 | |
9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 37.1 | 30.070 | 78.4 | 62.1 | 54.9 | variable | ... | |
10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 40.1 | 29.746 | 71.3 | 56.8 | 49.3 | variable | 1.08 | |
11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 44.2 | 29.738 | 67.7 | 56.9 | 53.9 | S.W. | 2.15 | |
12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 40.0 | 30.365 | 70.3 | 56.9 | 53,1 | S.W. | 0.23 | |
13 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 31.8 | 29.937 | 67.2 | 55.6 | 49.7 | E. | 0.42 | |
95 | 56 | 39 | 21 | 276 | 437.7 | 29.932 | 77.5 | 57.0 | 59.1 | S.W. | 8.34 | ||
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