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 Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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Showing the London "Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.
METEOROLOGY. | DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||
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1859, Months. | Mean Beading of Barometer. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Mean Dew point Temperature. | Relative proportion of Wind. | Daily Horizontal Movement of Air. | Amount of Bain in Inches. | In Bethnal Green. | In London. | |||||||||
Total. | Annual percentage of Deaths in Bethnal Green. | Epidemic. | Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths. | Total. | Annual percentage of London Deaths. | Epidemic. | Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths. | ||||||||||
N. | E. | S. | W. | ||||||||||||||
In. | o | o | Miles. | In. | |||||||||||||
January | 30.037 | 40.4 | 37.0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 124 | 0.8 | 194 | 40 | 5476 | 1087 | ||||
February | 29.823 | 43.1 | 37.6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 150 | 0.9 | 208 | 35 | 4899 | 904 | ||||
March | 29.806 | 46.4 | 40.0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 130 | 1.3 | 198 | 50 | 5772 | 1038 | ||||
April | 29.614 | 46.6 | 38.9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 133 | 2.2 | 142 | 27 | 4618 | 2.229 | 782 | |||
May | 29.789 | 53.1 | 45.9 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 2.4 | 156 | 2.127 | 34 | 4263 | 749 | |||
June | 29.766 | 61.4 | 53.8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 1.4 | 188 | 47 | 28.02 | 4843 | or | 883 | 21.95 | |
July | 29.937 | 68.1 | 58.3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 3.3 | 230 | or | 114 | 5650 | 1807 | |||
August | 29.818 | 63.5 | 54.2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 86 | 1.1 | 187 | 75 | 5038 | 1 Death | 1748 | |||
September | 29.709 | 56.7 | 50.0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 97 | 3.8 | 186 | 1Death | 60 | 5322 | 1419 | |||
October | 29.523 | 50.9 | 47.9 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | ... | 3.6 | 142 | 43 | 3856 | in 45. | 937 | |||
November | 29.824 | 42.1 | 38.3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | ... | 2.9 | 174 | in 47. | 41 | 4773 | 919 | |||
December | 29.623 | 36.8 | 33.4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 10 | ... | 2.2 | 268 | 71 | 7107 | 1257 | ||||
Totals of year | 29.772 | 50.8 | 44.6 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 145 | ... | 25.9 | 2273 | 637 | 61617 | 13530 |