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St George (Southwark) 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]

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TABLE 3.—Mortality and Meteorology.
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Week
DEATHS, from local weekly returns
Barometer
Thermometer
Dew Point
Weight of
Vapour
in cubic
feet of air,
grains
Wind
Bain
in inches
Total
Zymotic
Diarrhoea
Chest
Diseases
Total
Mortality
Averageof
the week
for 10 years
corrected
Mean
Highest
Lowest
1
3
1
8
23
24.8
29.536
60.6
52.3
46.9
4 0
s.w.
.59
* The amount of Rain was much less than the Average of the Quarter for many
years, which, according to Howard, is 7.998.
2
2
1
6
17
29.0
30.018
60.0
53.5
51.3
4.6
N.E.
.70
3
7
1
3
17
27.5
30.059
59.2
51.7
48.4
4.2
W.
.44
4
2
0
6
16
25.3
30.335
60.2
50.3
46.1
3.9
variable
.03
5
1
0
10
21
26.5
30.289
54.8
43.0
43.8
3.4
E.SW.
.32
6
3
1
11
20
26.9
30.388
51.3
43.2
40.0
3.1
E.
—
7
3
0
9
26
27.8
29.801
44.8
37.5
34.6
2.3
N.W.
.33
8
8
2
15
32
30.9
30.158
48.1
40.6
39.6
3.0
W.
.18
9
7
0
7
25
30.5
29.791
49.1
39.6
36.1
2.7
N. W.
.61
10
10
0
9
31
34.2
29.813
41.6
31.4
35.1
2.5
S.W.
.40
11
5
1
3
12
32.8
29.354
56.9
50.3
49.4
4.1
s.w,
1.10
12
4
1
6
18
29.5
30.245
48.7
37.2
37.2
2.7
NW.SW.
.11
13
4
0
10
18
31.7
29.544
44.2
37.2
35.5
2.5
NW.SE.
...
Summaries
and
Averages
63
8
103
276
377.4
29.979
51.3
42.9
40.8
3.2
S.W.
4.54