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be the rights and wrongs of a strike dispute. If a strike were
an earthquake or a shipwreck its innocent victims would be
speedily aided by the community. I do not see why we should
draw a distinction between one calamity and another whilst
English children are drowning in the industrial river. For
surely the martyrs of a strike have more claim on us than
the martyrs of a great picturesque catastrophe, for their
sufferings are due to wrong conditions of our civilization.
Below is a comparative table giving particulars showing
the relationship between the temperature, rainfall and diarrhoea
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.
1911.
1912.
1911.
1912.
1911.
1912.
1911.
1912.
o
o
o
o
ins.
ins.
31
68.0
57.8
66.11
63.09
0.06
0. 54
8
—
32 August
72.5
57.6
66.43
61.57
0.00
1.26
26
1
33
69.4
56.2
67.06
60.48
0.58
0.23
14
2
34
63.9
57.2
66.39
60.22
0.29
1.27
26
3
35
65.3
56.9
65.36
59.74
0.41
1. 33
19
2
36 September
66.9
54.8
64.68
59.08
0.01
0.21
19
3
37
60.3
52.4
64.19
58.01
0.41
0.02
16
—
38
54.3
53.6
61.74
57.38
0.48
0.00
13
—
39
55.0
51.5
59.94
56.20
0.44
0.02
7
1
40 October
48.2
48.8
57.63
55.11
0.27
2.30
7
1
Weekly Average
62.4
54.7
63.95
59.09
0.29
0.72
15
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Note.—The meteorological particulars in the above Table are the results of observations
taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
DISTRICT NURSING.
Deptford is fairly well provided with facilities for district
nursing.
The following is a list of the chief nursing bodies:—
1. Ranyard Nurses, Central Office, Ranyard Mouse,
25 Russell Square. Eight of the Nurses live in different
parts of the Borough.