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Islington 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON,
FOB, JULY, 1869.
No. CLXVII.
The 316 deaths which took place in the Parish during July are fewer
by 38 than the mean deaths occurring in July during the last ten years,
when corrected for increase of population. Still there has been a good
deal of sickness. Diarrhoea—some of it of a choleraic type—has been
very prevalent, and has carried off 67 children. Scarlet.fever has been
spreading more than it did in June, but it has been less fatal—indeed,
there has been more of it in the Parish this month than in any July
since 1863. Chicken.pox has continued to prevail among children.
There has still been a good deal of hooping.cough, but it has been less
prevalent, and also less fatal, than it was in June.
METEOROLOGY OF JULY.
| Thermometers 4 feet from ground. | Degree of Atmospheric Humidity, Saturation being represented by 100. | Rain in inches, read at 9 a.m., Collected on the ground. Sum. | Number [???] on which Rain fell in appreciable quantity. Sum. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Daily Values. | Mean of Highest Temperatures. | Mean of Lowest Temperatures. | Mean Daily Range of Temp. | ||||
| Week ending July 10th | 63.7° | 76.0° | 65.4° | 20.6° | 74 | 0.02 | 1 |
| „ „ 17th | 67.2" | 82.9° | 56.0° | 26.9° | 69 | 0.13 | 1 |
| „ „ 24th | 66.5' | 81.2° | 57.2° | 24.0° | 75 | 0.00 | 0 |
| „ „ 31st | 63.5° | 74.0° | 56.0° | 18.0° | 76 | 0.51 | 3 |
| Means. | 65.2° | 78.6° | 56.1° | 22.3° | 73 | Sum. 0.66 | Sum. 5 |
The highest day temperature, observed on July 17th and 22nd, was 91.0°
The lowest night temperature, observed on July 29th, was 50.0°.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
August 7th, 1869.