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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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From the commencement of December to the date of this Report I have
a record of 883 houses which have become infected: of these 709 have
been more or less satisfactorily disinfected together with their contents,
thus leaving 174 yet to be dealt with.
METEOROLOGY OF APRIL.
| 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 Apr. 8th | 44.2° | 54.5° | 36.5° | 18.0° | 72 | 0.01 | 1 |
| „ „ 15th | 48.3° | 58.6° | 40.5° | 18.1° | 73 | 0.50 | 4 |
| „ „ 22nd | 50.7° | 57.3° | 47.0° | 10.3° | 81 | 1.45 | 7 |
| „ „ 29th | 51.5° | 60.1° | 45.4° | 14.7° | 74 | 0.88 | 5 |
| Means. | 48.6° | 57.6° | 42.3° | 15.2° | 75 | Sum. 2.84 | Sum. 17 |
The highest day temperature, observed on April 12th was 65.3°
The lowest night temperature, observed on April 7th, was 28.8°
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
May 12th, 1871.