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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
Islington 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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Two cases have come under my notice on complaint during the month
in which houses infected from scarlet fever have been let and occupied
by new tenants without previous disinfection. In the one case, the
tenants moved into the house recklessly and knowingly, before the
owner had carried out the disinfection which he proposed, the new
tenant taking the house of the previous tenant for an unexpired period.
In the other, the new tenant was accepted by the owner at the request
of the out-going tenant in ignorance of the fact that scarlet fever had
occurred in the house. The Sanitary Act appears unable to meet the
latter case; the former is one for the consideration of the Committee.
METEOROLOGY OF FEBRUARY.
| Thermometers 4 feet from ground. | Degree of Atmospheric Humidity, Saturation being represented by 100. | Rain in inches, read at 9 a.m., Collected on the ground. Sum. | Number of days on which Rain fell in appreciable quantity. Sum. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Daily Values. | Mean of Highest Temperatures. | Mean of Lowest Temperatures. | Mean Daily Range of Temp. | ||||
| Week ending Feb. 5th | 41.7° | 46.0° | 37.39° | 8.1° | 90 | 0.49 | 6 |
| „ 12th | 33.7° | 37.5° | 30.9° | 6.6° | 76 | 0.67 | 4 |
| „ 19th | 31.3° | 34.6° | 28.5° | 6.1° | 76 | 0.02 | 2 |
| „ 26th | 36.8° | 43.2° | 31.2° | 12.0° | 75 | 0.06 | 3 |
| Means. | 35.8° | 40.3° | 32.1° | 8.2° | 79 | Sum. 1.24 | Sum. 15 |
The highest day temperature, observed on February 26th was 49.5°
The lowest night temperature, observed on February 11th and 12th was 20.8°.
A little Snow fell at intervals from February 8th to Feb. 12th, and on the 21st.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
March 5th, 1870.