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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| 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 Disea.ses. | Deaths from Phthisis. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa. | Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 4 | 63.5 | 84.0 | 49.6 | 60.2 | 30.1 | 0.54 | 75.4 | SE. & NE. | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| „ 11 | 61.5 | 75.5 | 49.9 | 61.3 | 29.7 | 0.35 | 33.1 | Variable & SW. | 20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| „ 18 | 58.9 | 73.0 | 51.1 | 61.0 | 29.5 | 2.76 | 18.9 | SW. | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| „ 26 | 62.4 | 82.9 | 47.1 | 60.1 | 29.9 | 0.01 | 40.5 | NE. & SW | 32 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| August 1 | 64.3 | 83.1 | 47.6 | 62.2 | 30.1 | 0.00 | 79.8 | W. & NE. | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| „ 8 | 62.1 | 83.0 | 47.1 | 62.7 | 30.0 | 0.07 | 54.0 | NE. & NW. | 40 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| „ 15 | 58.8 | 78.0 | 46.9 | 62.2 | 29.9 | 0.22 | 56.9 | NW. & NE. | 37 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | — | 7 | |
| „ 22 | 59.2 | 74.9 | 47.2 | 61.3 | 29.9 | 0.61 | 35.7 | NE. | 61 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| „ 29 | 58.9 | 77.3 | 51.3 | 60.9 | 29.6 | 1.99 | 43.1 | WSW. | 39 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | |
| Septem. 5 | 53.2 | 69.2 | 40.0 | 59.5 | 29.7 | 1.35 | 33.9 | W. & NE. | 41 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |
| „ 12 | 54.5 | 73.3 | 40.1 | 58.0 | 29.7 | 0.03 | 59.7 | W. & NE. | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| „ 19 | 56.5 | 74.1 | 36.1 | 57.1 | 29.9 | 0.11 | 37.6 | WSW. | 34 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| „ 26 | 57.3 | 77.2 | 41.5 | 57.9 | 29.8 | 0.11 | 22.4 | Variable. | 39 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |