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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 1896
Forty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1896]
The following table gives the deaths and death-rates in each of the
districts, as well as the chief meteorological conditions which prevailed
during the period:—
Table XIX.
| 1896. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | Meteorology. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | U.H. | S.W. | S.E. | H. | Total. | U.H. | S.W | S.E. | H. | Total. | Mean temperatureof air in degrees. | Departure from mean temperature. | Temperature of the earth 3 ft. below surface. | Rainfall in inches. | No. of days on which rain fell. |
| July 4th | .. | 1 | 2 | •• | 3 | •• | 0.48 | 1.56 | .. | 0.46 | 61.3 | -0.1 | 61.90 | 0.24 | 4 |
| „ 11th | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1.05 | 1.94 | 2.34 | 1.60 | 1.69 | 68.3 | +6.2 | 63 .08 | 0.03 | 1 |
| „ 18th | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 3.70 | 2.91 | 2.34 | 3.21 | 3.09 | 64.9 | + 1.9 | 65.49 | 0.21 | 2 |
| „ 25th | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 3.70 | 4.85 2.54 | 3.12 | 4.02 | 4.01 | 67.5 | +4.7 | 65.38 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 60 | 2.11 | 2.34 | 2.21 | 2.31 | 65.5 | +3.0 | 63.96 | 0.48 | 7 | ||
| Aug. 1st | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2.64 | 3.88 | 1.56 | 1.60 | 2.62 | 62.4 | +0.1 | 65.18 | 0.65 | 2 |
| „ 8th | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 2.64 | 2.91 | 2.34 | 1.60 | 2.47 | 58.4 | -3.9 | 64.18 | 0.36 | 3 |
| „ loth | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 3.70 | 1.94 | 2.34 | 2.41 | 2.62 | 60.8 | -1.6 | 62.72 | 0.59 | 4 |
| „ 22nd | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1.05 | 1.94 | 2.64 | 1.60 | 2.00 | 59.0 | -2.4 | 62.28 | 0.56 | 3 |
| 19 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 63 | 2.50 | 2.66 | 2.54 | 1.80 | 2.43 | 60.1 | -1.7 | 63.59 | 2.06 | 12 | |
| Aug. 29th | 1 | 2 | •• | •• | 3 | 0.52 | 0.97 | •• | .. | 0.46 | 58.1 | -2.6 | 61.35 | 0.54 | 4 |
| Sept. 5th | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.52 | •• | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.46 | 58.7 | -1.0 | 60.45 | 1.22 | 5 |
| „ 12th | .. | .. | •• | • • | ••. | •• | •• | .••. | •• | •• | 59.7 | +1.2 | 60.82 | 1.58 | 6 |
| „ 19th | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | 2 | 0.52 | 0.48 | •• | . . | 0.30 | 58.2 | +0.9 | 60.40 | 1.22 | 6 |
| „ 26th | •• | .. | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 0.80 | 0.15 | 52.9 | -2.4 | 58.50 | 1.40 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 57.5 | +0.1 | 60.30 | 5.54 | 27 | |
| Third quarter | 38 | 46 | 26 | 22 | 132 | 1.54 | 1.71 | 1.56 | 1.36 | 1.56 | 60.4 | +0.7 | 62.61 | 8.67 | 46 |