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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

Whitechapel 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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ponding Quarter of last year it was 53.5 The hottest days during
the Quarter were Monday, the 22nd May, Monday, the 29th
May, and Tuesday, the 27th June, when the thermometer indicated
respectively 76.°1, 76.°5, and 74.°1. The hottest day during the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year was on Wednesday, the 26th
May, when the thermometer indicated 87.°5.
The hottest mean temperature during any week in the Quarter
was that which ended Saturday, July 1st, when the thermometer
indicated 59.°9. In the corresponding Quaiter of last year the
highest mean temperature in any week was in that which ended July
2nd, when it was 83.°9.
The results of the meteorological observation are to be understood
as applying to the civil day, or from midnight to midnight.

Table: Table of Weekly Mortality, &c.( in London and in the Whitechapel District.

Table of Weekly Mortality, &c.( in London and in the Whitechapel District.

Week endedDeaths in London.Deaths in Wchpl. DistrictRain-fail. Inches.Mean Temperature of the air. Degrees
Diarrhæa and Dysentery.Fever.Small-pox.From all causes.From Smallpox.Form all causes.
April 89221415960460.0047.6
„ 15924817270430.3747.6
„ 22139815730430.2849.9
„ 2914151615200261.7546.5
May 618141314950280.9552.0
„ 131481014380520.0053.7
„ 201218914190310.0150.7
„ 2715201014350370.4457.6
June 3131561s040350.0958.5
„ 1028151013690481.0856.2
„ 1742111513350500.4253.1
„ 243210913870390.5657.3
July 14112013030420.2059.9