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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
Bethnal Green 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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TABLE 1.
| METEOROLOGY. | DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860. | Mean Reading of Barometer. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Mean Dew Point Temperature. | Relative proportion of Wind. | Daily Horizontal Movement of Air. | Amount of Rain 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. | ||||||||||
| Months. | N. | E. | S. | W. | |||||||||||||
| In. | o | o | Miles. | In. | |||||||||||||
| January | 29.514 | 39.7 | 36.2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | .. | 1.8 | 200 | 30 | 5308 | 804 | ||||
| February | 29.857 | 35.7 | 30.4 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | .. | 1.1 | 229 | 2.093 | 31 | 5785 | 2.193 | 776 | ||
| March | 29.655 | 41 1 | 350 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | .. | 1.9 | 284 | 52 | 7721 | 1026 | ||||
| April | 29.796 | 42.9 | 36.7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | .. | 1.0 | 168 | or | 29 | 5398 | or | 718 | ||
| May | 29.746 | 53.8 | 46.2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | .. | 3.9 | 142 | 27 | 4493 | 725 | ||||
| June | 29.613 | 54.8 | 49.7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | .. | 5.8 | 153 | 1 Death | 30 | 19.68 | 5003 | 1 Death | 852 | 16.47 |
| July | 29.845 | 57.6 | 52.3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 172 | 2.8 | 119 | 24 | 3884 | 736 | ||||
| August | 29.556 | 57.7 | 52.5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .. | 3.7 | 181 | in | 48 | 5030 | in | 1075 | ||
| September | 29.761 | 53.4 | 50.2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 200 | 3.1 | 148 | 43 | 4002 | 824 | ||||
| October | 29.856 | 50.6 | 47.6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 260 | 1.6 | 169 | 47.77 | 40 | 4225 | 45.59 | 856 | ||
| November | 29.696 | 40.8 | 38.9 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 184 | 2.5 | 200 | 35 | 5848 | 943 | ||||
| December | 29.491 | 36.3 | 33.5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 187 | 2.8 | 191 | 41 | 5124 | 851 | ||||
| Totals of year | 29.699 | 47.0 | 42.4 | 71 | 57 | 97 | 141 | 32.0 | 2184 | 430 | 61821 | 10186 | |||||