London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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the Borough do not suffice to show how this figure of 58 compares
with previous years, but the deaths from Epidemic
Diarrhoea in total, and the corresponding rates (calculated on the
changing population) from 1898 to 1903 are as follows:—
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| Years. | No. of Deaths from Epidemic Diarrhoea. | Death rate. | Air Temperature in Summer Quarter. | Rainfall in Summer Quarter. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 176 | 1.6 | 62.7 | 2.51 |
| 1899 | 187 | 1.8 | 63.0 | 4.32 |
| 1900 | 160 | 1.5 | 61.8 | 4.58 |
| 1901 | 127 | 1.2 | 61.7 | 5.10 |
| 1902 | 84 | 0.8 | 61.1 | 6.02 |
| 1903 | 100 | 0.99 | 60.0 | 15.56 |
The relationship between the weekly number of deaths from Epidemic Diarrhœa and the temperature, as recorded by the four-foot earth thermometer, is shown the following Table:—
| Dates of months. | 5-11 | 12-18 | 19- 25 | 26—1 Aug. | 2-8 | 9-15 | 16-22 | 23- 29 | 30 5 Sept | 6 12 | 13- 19 | 20 26 | 27-3 Oct. | 4-10 | 11-17 |
| Mean maximum temperature. Fourfoot thermometer. | 56.5 | 57.7 | 58.-2 | 58.4 | 58.5 | 58.6 | 58.9 | 58.6 | 58.7 | 58.0 | 57.1 | 57.4 | 57.5 | 56.8 | |
| Rainfall (15.56 in.) | 0.00 | 0.57 | 3.18 | 1.52 | 0.35 | 2.11 | l.11 | 1.23 | 0.86 | 0.55 | 0.81 | 0.22 | 0.61 | 1.05 | 1.39 |
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o This rainfall was for 15 weeks (July 5—October 17).