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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
Paddington 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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The mortality from diarrhoeal affections is well
known to be highest in the third quarter of the year,
and, of the 155 deaths recorded last year, 111 were
recorded in that quarter. Further, the prevalence of
the disease varies somewhat with the temperatures
recorded. The variations in the mean temperature
of the air in each week of the three months, July,
August, and September, with the corresponding variations
in the temperature of the ground at a depth of
three (3) feet, are set out in Table 21, together with
TABLE 21.
| 1897. Week ending | Greenwich Observations. | Deaths registered in the Parish (not corrected). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temp, of Air. | Diff. from Average for 50 years. | Mean Temp, of Earth at 3 ft. | Diarrhoea All Ages. | Enteritis. Under 1 yr. | Atrophy Under 1 yr. | |
| July 3 | 64.4 | + 30 | 61.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ 10 | 61.5 | -0.5 | 61.89 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| „ 17 | 65.5 | +2.6 | 63.12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| „ 24 | 66.9 | + 4.0 | 64.75 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| „ 31 | 64.6 | +2.3 | 64.65 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Aug. 7 | 68.1 | + 5.8 | 65.45 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| „ 14 | 63.6 | + 1.1 | 65.63 | 18 | 3 | 2 |
| „ 21 | 62.0 | +0.4 | 64.29 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| „ 28 | 59.6 | -1.2 | 62.74 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sept. 4 | 56.8 | -3.0 | 61.54 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| „ 11 | 54.2 | -4.5 | 59.39 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 18 | 54.6 | -3.0 | 58.55 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 25 | 55.4 | -0.1 | 57.55 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Oct. 2 | 56.5 | + 2.0 | 58.01 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
the deaths registered in the Parish in each week from
the three causes dealt with in these paragraphs. The