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Islington 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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let to another family which at once entered into occupation. The
Sanitary Committee will doubtless deal with this case under a penal
section (39th) of the Sanitary Act. In another case a clergyman and
his family were permitted by a lodging house keeper to remain without
warning in a house where one of the inmates was ill, and subsequently
died of scarlet fever. Two of this gentleman's children took the disease
and died. The Sanitary Act will not touch this case.
METEOROLOGY OF SEPTEMBER.
| 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 of days 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 Sept. 4th | 57.0° | 69.7° | 47.3° | 22.4° | 72 | 0.00 | 0 |
| „ „ 11th | 63.7° | 72.6° | 58.3° | 14.3° | 82 | 1.30 | |
| „ „ 18th | 58.7° | 65.4° | 54.3° | 11.0° | 80 | 1.61 | 7 |
| „ ,, 25th | 57.3° | 65.5° | 51.1° | 14.4° | 76 | 0.02 | 2 |
| „ Oct. 2nd | 59.3° | 67.7° | 52.9° | 14.8° | 80 | 0.83 | 2 |
| Means. | 59.2° | 68.2° | 52.8° | 15.4° | 78 | Sum. 3.76 | Sum. 16 |
The highest day temperature, observed on September 5th was 78.2°
The lowest night temperature, observed on August 31st was
Slight Thunderstorm on September 10th.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
October 16th, 1869.