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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1908
Table LIV.
| Weeks of Quarter. | Mean Air Temperature. | Earth Temperature at 3 feet. | Rainfall in inches. | Diarrhœal Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907. | 1908. | Difference between 1907 and 1908. | 1907. | 1908. | Difference between 1907 and 1908. | 1907. | 1908. | 1907. | 1908 | Difference. | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| July 4 | 53.7 | 63.5 | + 8.8 | 56.7 | 60.2 | + 3.5 | 0.16 | 0.54 | .. | 4 | + 4 |
| ,, 11 | 56.3 | 61.5 | + 5.2 | 57.0 | 61.3 | + 4.3 | 0.22 | 0.35 | .. | 2 | + 2 |
| „ 18 | 62.7 | 58.9 | - 3.8 | 58.5 | 60.9 | + 2.4 | 0.00 | 2.76 | 3 | I | -2 |
| 25 | 59.5 | 62.4 | + 2.9 | 59.6 | 60.5 | + 0.9 | 0.51 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | + 1 |
| July | 58.3 | 61.6 | + 3.3 | 57.9 | 60.7 | + 2.8 | 0.89 | 3.66 | 4 | 9 | + 5 |
| Aug. 1 | 59.7 | 64.3 | + 4.6 | 60.1 | 62.1 | + 2.0 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | - 2 |
| ,, 8 | 62.3 | 62.1 | - 0.2 | 60.3 | 62.6 | + 2.3 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 1 | 3 | + 2 |
| ,, 15 | 61.5 | 58.8 | - 2.7 | 60.8 | 62.2 | + 1.4 | 0.71 | 0.22 | 3 | 6 | + 3 |
| ,, 22 | 57.0 | 59.2 | + 2.2 | 60.2 | 61.2 | + 1.0 | 0.96 | 0.61 | 1 | 9 | + 8 |
| Aug. | 60.1 | 61.1 | + 1.0 | 60.3 | 62.0 | + 1.7 | 2.25 | 0.90 | 8 | 19 | + 11 |
| Aug. 29 | 61.1 | 58.9 | - 2.2 | 59.6 | 60.9 | + 1.3 | 0.16 | 1.99 | .. | 7 | + 7 |
| Sept. 5 | 56.8 | 53.2 | - 3.6 | 59.4 | 59.5 | + 0.1 | 0 .44 | 1.35 | 7 | 12 | + 5 |
| .. 12 | 58.6 | 54.5 | - 4.1 | 59.4 | 58.0 | - 1.4 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 3 | 12 | + 9 |
| „ 19 | 56.8 | 56.5 | - 0.3 | 58.7 | 57.1 | - 1.6 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 4 | 9 | + 5 |
| „ 26 | 58.4 | 57.3 | - 1.1 | 58.1 | 57.8 | - 0.3 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Sept. | 58.3 | 56.1 | - 2.2 | 59.1 | 58.7 | -0.4 | 0.63 | 3.59 | 18 | 44 | + 26 |
| 3rd Qr. | 58.9 | 59.6 | + 0.7 | 59.1 | 60.5 | + 1.4 | 3.77 | 8.15 | 30 | 72 | + 42 |
In this table the heavy figures denote that the temperatures, rainfall
or deaths, were higher in the year to which they refer than in that
with which they are contrasted. They are printed in this manner in
order that comparison may be more readily made.