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St George (Southwark) 1859

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

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^ 6 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
TABLE 3.—Mortality and Meteorology.
Week
DEATHS, from local weekly returns
Barometer
corrected
Mean
Thermometer
(Averages)
Wind
Rain
in inches
The amount of Rain was muoh less than the Average of the Quarter for many
years, whioh, aocording to Howard, Is 5-719; in the corresponding Quarter
last year 4'74.
Meteorology from Dr. Thomson's reports taken at St. Thomas's Hospital.
Total
Zymotic
Disease
Diarrhœa
Chest
Diseases
Total
Mortality
Average of
the weeks
for 10 years
of
Highest
of
Lowest
Dew Point.
Mean.
Phthisis
All
other
1
8
1
4
6
28
23.5
29.834
50.2
38.7
35.2
Easterly
0.34
2
4
0
3
4
20
22.7
30.055
56.0
39.2
38.4
Variable
0.20
3
4
0
1
5
16
22.6
30.275
66.1
44.7
40.2
E.
0.00
4
7
1
1
3
24
24.8
29.684
57.9
44.8
44.8
S.W.
1.15
5
3
0
2
2
22
22.3
29.918
55.9
39.5
36.6
N.E.
0.29
6
7
0
2
7
24
22.3
29.829
60.2
44.2
44.7
S.W.
0.47
7
9
0
3
2
25
22.1
29.902
64.9
50.9
46.0
S.W.
0.40
8
5
1
5
3
27
26.1
30.033
63.7
49.5
46.2
S.W.
1.16
9
2
1
5
4
20
24.6
30 052
78.6
60.2
51.6
Variable
0.42
10
4
0
4
3
21
23.2
29.955
75.1
59.1
54.7
N.E.
S.W.
0.00
11
6
1
3
0
23
20.9
29.963
82.9
63.3
60.2
Variable
0.00
12
7
0
3
4
21
19 6
30.260
80.5
60.9
51.1
Ny&Ey
0.06
13
15
2
0
0
25
22.5
30.165
77.8
55.9
48.0
Northerly
0.04
Summaries
and
Averayes
81
7
36
43
296
297.2
29.994
66.4
50.0
45.9
4.53
79