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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
Deptford 1911
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Below is a comparative table giving particulars showing the relationship between the temperature, rainfall and diarrhœa mortality in the summer months:—
| No. of Week in Year. | Mean Weekly Temperature of Air. | Mean Weekly Temperature of Earth four feet below surface. | Rainfall. | Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910. | 1911. | 1910. | 1911. | 1910. | 1911. | 1910. | 1911. | |
| o | o | o | o | ins. | ||||
| 31 | 60.2 | 68.0 | 60.12 | 66.11 | 0.85 | 0.06 | l | 8 |
| 32 August | 60.7 | 72.5 | 60.48 | 66.43 | 0.18 | 0.00 | - | 26 |
| 33 | 62.7 | 69.4 | 61.13 | 67.06 | 0.19 | 0.58 | 5 | 14 |
| 34 | 59.9 | 63.9 | 61.26 | 66.39 | 0.80 | 0.29 | 11 | 26 |
| 35 | 58.3 | 65.3 | 60.59 | 65.36 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 15 | 19 |
| 36 September | 54.7 | 66.9 | 59.68 | 64.63 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 13 | 19 |
| 37 | 56.1 | 60.3 | 58.71 | 64.19 | 0.66 | 0.41 | 18 | 16 |
| 38 | 53.8 | 54.3 | 58.01 | 61.74 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 2 | 13 |
| 39 | 58.6 | 55.0 | 57.35 | 59.94 | 0.10 | 0.44 | 3 | 7 |
| 40 October | 57.4 | 48.2 | 57.61 | 57.63 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 4 | 7 |
| Weekly Average | 58.2 | 62.4 | 59.49 | 63.95 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 7 | 15 |
| Note.—The meteorological particulars in the above Table are the results of observa-tions taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. | ||||||||
NURSING FACILITIES.
Deptford is well provided with facilities for the nursing
of the poorer inhabitants of the Borough, the chief of which
are:—
1. Ranyard Nurses, Central Office, Ranyard House,
25 Russell Square, managed by a committee and superintended
by a Sister. Eight of the Nurses live in different
parts of the Borough and attend medical and surgical
cases in the Borough and in emergency abnormal cases of
midwifery. No charge is made, and med'cal men find
them of great service among the sick poor.
2. Nurses of St. John the Divine in Watson Street.
These are connected with the Morden Hill Hospital,
Blackheath. They attend similar cases to the above.
3. Central Hall Nurses, High Street. Two in
number attend any cases requiring their services.