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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
Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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(Registrar General).
| No. of Week. | Week Ended. | Temperature of the Air. | Degrees of Humidity (complete saturation = 100). | Fall of Rain in inches. | Amount of Horizontal Movement of the Air in each Week. | Sun above Horizon in Hours. | Registered Sunshine in Hours. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean. | Highest Beading. | Lowest Reading. | Mean of Highest Readings. | Mean of Lowest Readings. | |||||||
| o | O | o | o | o | Miles. | ||||||
| 22 | June 4 | 560 | 68.8 | 43 9 | 64.1 | 49.2 | 84 | 0*71 | 1698 | 113.6 | 28.7 |
| 23 | ,, 11 | 55'9 | 71.2 | 46.7 | 65.5 | 48.1 | 75 | 012 | 2119 | 115.0 | 39.3 |
| 24 | ,, 18 | 59.6 | 74.0 | 47.6 | 70.8 | 51.4 | 72 | 0.27 | 2195 | 115.6 | 44.9 |
| 25 | ,, 25 | 58.6 | 76.1 | 44.3 | 69.9 | 48.2 | 68 | 0.17 | 1792 | 116.2 | 46.8 |
| 26 | ,, July 2 | 59.7 | 73.9 | 44.5 | 71.3 | 48.3 | 67 | 015 | 1489 | 115.5 | 68.9 |
| 27 | ,, 9 | 63.2 | 82.2 | 49.2 | 74.3 | 531 | 70 | 0.22 | 1550 | 114.8 | 50.9 |
| 28 | ,,16 | 68.1 | 85.2 | 53.8 | 79.9 | 56.3 | 62 | 0.01 | 1862 | 113.4 | 84.7 |
| 29 | ,,23 | 67.1 | 85.0 | 54.2 | 79.8 | 55.6 | 61 | 0.04 | 1656 | 111.5 | 74.9 |
| MO | ,, 30 | 65.4 | 83. 9 | 52.2 | 76.9 | 56.4 | 75 | 1.88 | 1294 | 109.3 | 34.6 |
| 31 | August 6 | 68.1 | 91.0 | 530 | 81.3 | 56.3 | 65 | 0.08 | 1598 | 106.8 | 67.8 |
| 32 | ,, 13 | 61.0 | 75.0 | 45.4 | 72.1 | oil | 66 | 0.06 | 1466 | 104.2 | 62.2 |
| 33 | ,, 20 | 59.5 | 75.0 | 45.5 | 69.6 | 51.6 | 75 | 0.47 | 2359 | 101.4 | 38.7 |
| 34 | ,, 27 | 57.6 | 72.7 | 43.5 | 68.7 | 48.9 | 76 | 0.22 | 1581 | 98.3 | 40.6 |
| 35 | Sept. 3 | 61.0 | 81.9 | 49.5 | 71.2 | 51.8 | 75 | 1.01 | 1445 | 95.2 | 39.0 |
| 36 | ,,10 | 57.0 | 74.6 | 42.2 | 67.0 | 48.6 | 77 | 0.36 | 1569 | 92.1 | 41.3 |
| 37 | ,, 17 | 56.4 | 71.4 | 41.2 | 66.2 | 47.9 | 81 | 0.24 | 1333 | 89.1 | 37.1 |
| 38 | ,, 24 | 53.6 | 641 | 40.5 | 61.3 | 46.1 | 7) | 0.20 | 2047 | 85.9 | 52.7 |
| 39 | Oct. 1 | 52.1 | 65.7 | 38.8 | 63.2 | 42.5 | 87 | 0.14 | 1147 | 82.6 | 28.1 |
| 40 | ,, 8 | 503 | 66.5 | 37.9 | 58*0 | 43.3 | 81 | 0.86 | 2176 | 79.3 | 17.5 |
| 41 | ,, 15 | 47.8 | 59.2 | 31.9 | 56.3 | 38*7 | 85 | 0.02 | 1167 | 76.1 | 25.0 |
| 42 | ,, 22 | 54.9 | 66.5 | 36.4 | 61.3 | 48.7 | 89 | 0.43 | 1500 | 73.1 | 10.0 |
| 43 | ,, 29 | 49.9 | 59.9 | 36.2 | 56.1 | 43.1 | 84 | 0 20 | 1247 | 69.9 | 22.9 |
| 44 | Nov. 5 | 49.3 | 56.4 | 44.2 | 53.1 | 45.9 | 84 | 011 | 1503 | 67.0 | 9.8 |
| 45 | ,,12 | 48.8 | 59.0 | 36.4 | 54.3 | 43.3 | 83 | 1.40 | 2880 | 64.2 | 11.7 |
| 46 | ,, 19 | 42.2 | 53.6 | 30.0 | 49.6 | 35.3 | 94 | 0.04 | 1083 | 68.5 | 14.9 |
| 47 | ,,26 | 33.7 | 46.9 | 23.2 | 37*7 | 28.5 | 82 | 0.18 | 1890 | 59.3 | 9.6 |
| 48 | Dec. 3 | 40.5 | 52.3 | 25.9 | 44.5 | 35.8 | 87 | 0.07 | 1704 | 57.2 | 4.3 |
| 49 | ,, 10 | 42.3 | 53.7 | 26.2 | 46.4 | 35.9 | 88 | 1.54 | 2262 | 55.6 | 3.3 |
| 50 | ,,17 | 43.4 | 56.0 | 30.6 | 47.7 | 37.7 | 87 | 0.50 | 2120 | 54.7 | 5.8 |
| 51 | ,, 24 | 34.1 | 540 | 24.8 | 38.0 | 2<v7 | 97 | 0.04 | 711 | 54.6 | 3.5 |
| 52 | ,, 31 | 41.6 | 55.7 | 30.5 | 45.6 | 37.2 | 85 | 0.09 | 2256 | 54.6 | 7.0 |
GEORGE MILLSON,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Office,
Town Hall, Walwobth Road, S.E.