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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 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1906
Table LIII.
Showing the Mean Temperature of the Air and the Earth, and the Rainfall, f or etch week oj the Third Quarter. 1906, together with those of the corresponding periods in 1905. and also the Deaths from Diarrhoea in the same periods.
| Mean Air Temperature. | Earth Tempera nre at 3 feet. | Rainfali in inches. | Diarrhœal Deaths. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks of Quarter. | 1905. | 1906. | Differ-enac bet ween 1905 and 1906. | 1905. | 1906 | Differ-ence between 1905 and 1906. | 1905. | 1906 | 1905. | 1906 | Difference |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| July 7 | 66.0 | 61.9 | - 4.1 | 58.0 | 59 2 | + 12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 2 | 5 | + 3 |
| „ 14 | 69.9 | 61.5 | - 8.4 | 59.2 | 60 7 | + 1.5 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 3 | 1 | - 2 |
| ,, 21 | 66.8 | 62.7 | - 4.1 | 60.5 | 61.3 | + 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.19 | 1 | 5 | + 4 |
| „ 28 | 67.6 | 66.3 | - 1 3 | 61.2 | 62.3 | + 1 1 | 0.44 | 0.15 | 9 | 5 | - 4 |
| July | 67 5 | 63.1 | - 4.4 | 59 7 | 60.8 | + 1 1 | 0.96 | 0.35 | 15 | 16 | + 1 |
| Aug. 4 | 63.9 | 67.3 | + 3.4 | 61.7 | 63.3 | + 1.6 | 0.55 | 0.86 | 11 | 5 | - 6 |
| 11 | 61.9 | 66.1 | + 4.2 | 61 2 | 64.0 | + 2.8 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 17 | 8 | - 9 |
| „ 18 | 63.4 | 61.5 | - 1.9 | 60.6 | 63.8 | - 3.2 | 0.11 | 0 33 | 25 | 12 | - 13 |
| „ 26 | 61.7 | 64.9 | + 3.2 | 60.5 | 62.8 | + 2.3 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 23 | 22 | - 1 |
| Aug. | 62 7 | 64.9 | + 2 2 | 61.0 | 63.5 | + 25 | 1.19 | 1.46 | 76 | 47 | - 29 |
| Sept. 1 | 58.9 | 66.5 | + 7 6 | 59.9 | 63.1 | + 3.2 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 26 | 14 | - 12 |
| „ 8 | 62.7 | 68.0 | + 5 3 | 59 1 | 63.8 | + 4.7 | 0.72 | 0.85 | 21 | 28 | + 7 |
| „ 15 | 55.6 | 57.6 | + 2 0 | 58.7 | 62.9 | + 4.2 | 0.13 | 0 74 | 13 | 23 | + 10 |
| „ 22 | 55.6 | 55.8 | + 0.2 | 57 7 | 60.8 | + 3.1 | .. | 0.38 | 5 | 27 | + 22 |
| „ 29 | 53.8 | 52.0 | - 1 8 | 56 9 | 59.2 | + 2.3 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 3 | 12 | + 9 |
| Sept. | 57.3 | 60.0 | + 27 | 58.4 | 61.9 | + 3.5 | 3.13 | 1.97 | 68 | 104 | + 36 |
| 3rd Qr | 62.5 | 62.7 | + 02 | 59.7 | 62.1 | + 2.4 | 5.28 | 3.78 | 159 | 167 | + 8 |
In this table the heavy 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.