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St George (Southwark) 1857

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the third Quarter, 1857. 5

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TABLE 3.— Mortality and Meteorology.

DEATHS, from local weekly returns							Barometer corrected Mean	Thermometer ( Averages)		Dew Point. Mean.	Wind	Rain in inches
Week	Total Zvmotic Disease	Diarrhoea	Chest Diseases		Total Mortality	Average of ths weeks for 10 years		of Highest	of Lowest
Week	Total Zvmotic Disease	Diarrhoea	Phthisis	All other	Total Mortality	Average of ths weeks for 10 years		of Highest	of Lowest
1	4	2	4	0	20	21.5	29.529	92.5	54.8	52.0	S.W.	0.61	The amount of Rain was much more than the Average of the Quarter for many years, which, according to Howard, is 6.370; in the corresponding Quarter last year 6.89. Meteorology from Dr. Thomson's reports taken at St. Thomas's Hospital, except *, which is an average for London.
2	5	4	3	5	21	23.7	29.871	78.4	51.0	49.3	S.W.	0.15
3	6	5	0	1	20	28.8	30.132	86.6	57.0	51.5	W.	0.16
4	8	2	1	¹	18	29.5	29.948	86.1	57.4	50.7	Wy.	0.03
5	9	6	2	1	23	37.7	29.993	82.1	56.3	52.0	Wy.	0.42
6	9	6	3	0	17	37.0	29.767	77.9	61.8	49.1	S.W.	1.42
7	8	5	5	3	26	34.4	29.859	75.4	56.0	56.4	s.w.	1.59*
8	10	9	4	0	22	31.9	30.151	74.5	58.8	53.0	N.E.	0.08
9	10	4	0	2	27	37.1	30.070	78.4	62.1	54.9	variable	...
10	13	8	1	1	24	40.1	29.746	71.3	56.8	49.3	variable	1.08
11	2	0	3	1	13	44.2	29.738	67.7	56.9	53.9	S.W.	2.15
12	9	5	3	2	21	40.0	30.365	70.3	56.9	53,1	S.W.	0.23
13	2	0	10	4	24	31.8	29.937	67.2	55.6	49.7	E.	0.42
Summariesand Averages	95	56	39	21	276	437.7	29.932	77.5	57.0	59.1	S.W.	8.34
Summariesand Averages	95	56	60		276	437.7	29.932	77.5	57.0	59.1	S.W.	8.34