Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905
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APPENDIX. TABLE A. Giving the Meteorological Conditions of the 52 Weeks ending December 30th, 1905, together with the number of Deaths from certain Diseases and at certain Ages.
| Week ending. | Mean Temperature. | Highest Temperature. | Lowest Temperature. | Mean Temperature of the earth 3 ft. below surface. | Mean height of the Barometer. | Rainfall in inches. | Sunshine in hours. | Prevailing Wind. | Total Deaths. | Deaths under 1 Year. | Deaths over 60. | Deaths from Respiratory Diseases. | Deaths from Phthisis. | Heaths from Zymotic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa. | Deaths from Diarrhœa. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | 41.0 | 54.0 | 19.5 | 43.3 | 30.0 | 0.42 | 1.5 | Variable | 40 | 9 | 10 | 18 | – | 7 | – |
| „ 14 | 40.5 | 50.8 | 24.5 | 44.1 | 30.1 | 0.08 | 20.2 | Variable | 53 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| „ 21 | 33.1 | 43.6 | 20.6 | 41.7 | 29.8 | 0.47 | 11.8 | Variable | 39 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | – | 1 |
| „ 28 | 37.4 | 48.1 | 24.7 | 40.5 | 30.3 | 0.00 | 10.1 | Variable | 61 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 8 | – |
| February 4 | 43.1 | 53.1 | 33.1 | 40.6 | 30.2 | 0.03 | 17.1 | W. | 47 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| „ 11 | 44.7 | 51.0 | 34.1 | 42.4 | 30.2 | 0.12 | 11.1 | W.S.W. | 59 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 6 | – |
| „ 18 | 44.3 | 53.5 | 32.4 | 42.8 | 30.2 | 0.12 | 12.8 | N.W. & W.B.W. | 49 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | – |
| „ 25 | 37.6 | 48.0 | 31.2 | 42.8 | 29.9 | 0.25 | 23.1 | N.E. | 42 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| March 4 | 38.4 | 47.4 | 27.1 | 41.6 | 29.5 | 0.30 | 15.3 | S.W. & N.E. | 46 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | – |
| „ 11 | 38.6 | 52.9 | 35.5 | 42.0 | 29.6 | 1.08 | 7.3 | S.W. | 50 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | – |
| „ 18 | 46.2 | 55.4 | 38.5 | 43.2 | 29.2 | 2.25 | 33.9 | S.W. | 43 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 25 | 46.5 | 61.4 | 31.9 | 44.1 | 29.7 | 0.09 | 42.0 | Variable | 32 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | – |