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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 1902
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table L.
| Weeks of Quarter. | Mean Air Temperature. | Earth Temperature at 3 feet. | Rainfall in inches. | Diarrhœl Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | 1902. | Difference between 1901 and 1902. | 1901. | 1902 | Difference between 1901 and 1902 | 1901. | 1902. | 1901. | 1902. | Difference. | |
| July 5 | ° 62.1 | ° – 2.0 | ° 59.01 | ° – 1.29 | 0.58 | 0 | .. | .. | |||
| „ 12 | 62.8 | – 1.7 | 60.62 | – 1.25 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | .. | |||
| „ 19 | 64.0 | – 4.4 | 61.09 | – 2.36 | 0.00 | 3 | – 4 | ||||
| „ 26 | 57.1 | – 4.5 | 60.27 | – 4.13 | 0.21 | 2 | –11 | ||||
| July | 61.5 | – 3.1 | 60.25 | – 2.26 | 1.15 | 7 | – 15 | ||||
| Aug. 2 | 58.1 | – 7.0 | 60.02 | – 3.27 | 0.29 | .. | – 17 | ||||
| „ 9 | 59.1 | – 5.5 | 59.94 | – 3.48 | 0.08 | 4 | – 4 | ||||
| „ 16 | 58.5 | – 2.5 | 59.34 | – 4.20 | 0.17 | 3 | – 20 | ||||
| „ 23 | 60.7 | – 3.2 | 59.79 | – 3.49 | 0.00 | 1.43 | 4 | – 11 | |||
| Aug. | 59.1 | – 4.5 | 59.77 | – 3.61 | 0.96 | 11 | – 52 | ||||
| 30 | 58.6 | + 1.8 | 59.92 | – 2.52 | 0.24 | 6 | – 17 | ||||
| Sept 6 | 56.4 | + 4.4 | 60.28 | – 0.71 | 0.00 | 6 | – 6 | ||||
| „ 13 | 56.4 | – 3.0 | 60.09 | – 0.35 | 0.25 | 9 | + 1 | ||||
| „ 20 | 52.9 | – 3.9 | 58.35 | – 1.52 | 0.06 | 7 | + 4 | ||||
| „ 27 | 55.9 | – 1.4 | 57.16 | – 2.05 | 0.00 | 2 | + 10 | ||||
| Sept. | 57.3 | – 0.4 | 59.16 | – 1.43 | 2.43 | 53 | 45 | – 8 | |||
In this table the thick figures denote that the temperatures, rainfall
or deaths, were higher in the year to which they refer than in that
with which they are contrasted. They are printed in this manner in
order that comparison may be more readily made.