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 1908
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TABLE C.
| Week Ending | Mean Temperature. | Highest Temperature. | Lowest Temperature. | Mean Temperature of the earth 3 ft. below the 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. | Deaths from Zymoitic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa. | Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | 32.2 | 37.1 | 24.1 | 43.9 | 29.9 | 0.01 | 15.3 | ENE. | 44 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| „ 11 | 34.2 | 49.8 | 17.9 | 41.7 | 29.8 | 1.17 | 7.4 | NE. & SW. | 43 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 18 | 40.0 | 52.0 | 17.9 | 40.8 | 30.0 | 0.04 | 18.2 | SE. & SW. | 56 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | — |
| „ 25 | 34.4 | 44.0 | 25.6 | 41.4 | 30.3 | 0.04 | 5.9 | SE. | 42 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| February 1 | 41.8 | 53.6 | 33.4 | 41.9 | 29.7 | 0.24 | 15.9 | SW. & NW. | 50 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | — |
| „ 8 | 39.7 | 48.3 | 28.3 | 41.2 | 30.3 | 0.05 | 20.9 | N. & W. | 41 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 1 | — |
| „ 15 | 41.8 | 52.0 | 28.7 | 41.7 | 30.2 | 0.12 | 13.6 | WSW. | 59 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| „ 22 | 45.4 | 54.5 | 33.7 | 42.4 | 29.7 | 0.83 | 9.9 | SW.& NW. | 50 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 3 | — |
| „ 29 | 40.2 | 50.5 | 31.0 | 43.0 | 29.5 | 0.45 | 12.6 | NW. & SW. | 36 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — |
| March 7 | 38.3 | 51.0 | 31.4 | 41.7 | 29.5 | 0.71 | 7.7 | Variable | 40 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | — |
| „ 14 | 40.7 | 56.0 | 28.7 | 42.2 | 29.6 | 0.18 | 27.9 | Variable | 35 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — |
| „ 21 | 36.6 | 48.5 | 24.3 | 41.6 | 29.8 | 0.06 | 22.8 | NE. | 50 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 8 | — |
| „ 28 | 43.8 | 59.2 | 31.0 | 41.8 | 29.8 | 0.89 | 22.3 | Variable | 55 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 14 | — |