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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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TAJBX/E 3.— Mortality and Meteorology.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the fourth Quarter,1857.

WeekDEATHS, from local weekly returnsBarometer corrected MeanThermometer (Averases)Dew Point. Mean.WindBain in inches
Total Zymotic DiseaseDiarrhoea(Jhest DiseasesTotal MortalityAverage of the eeks for 10 yearsof Highestof Lowest
PhthisisAll other
165332225.030.00165.855.052.8S.W.0.07The amount of Rain was much less than the Average of the Quarter for many years, which, according to Howard, is 7.998; in the corresponding Quarter last year 4.54. Meteorology from Dr. Thomson's reports taken at St. Thomas's Hospital.
231221628.429.25859.648.945.4s.w.0.75
330542027.729.89361.852.450.6variable0.10
400131125.429.68758.550.449.6variable3.15
573352826.329.84858.448.845.7S.W.0.10
6415133327.329.86759.052.451.4variable0.58
771293127.430.48753.444.242.5N.E.0.00
8303142730.830.22051.343.440.9Easterly0.00
9415103030.329.72949.240.739.2Northerly0.00
10703102735.029.95852.043.643.4S.W.0.37
1120162531.230.48252.544.445.0s.w.0.00
1250743128.330.18451.345.442.8S.W.0.28
1320101129.730.20453.345.742.8Westerly0.05
1430663131.530.48346.038.338.4W.0.00
Summaries andAverages56124789343404.330.021 .55.146.745.0S.W.5.45
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