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Islington 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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for. Still, it is not to be expected that the decline will continue
steadily without fluctuations. The atmospheric temperature is the
principal factor, and the cold weather experienced lately is not
unlikely at the expiration of the fortnight of incubation, to raise the
number of fresh cases temporarily.
Up to the present date we have a list of 1,023 houses infected. Of
these the houses and their contents have been disinfected in 853
instances, leaving 170 yet to be dealt with.
METEOROLOGY OF MAY.
| 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. Slim. | Number of days on which Rain fell in appreciable quantity. Sum. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Daily Values. | Mean of Highest Temperatures. | Mean of Lowest Temperatures. | Moan Daily Range of Temp. | ||||
| Week ending May 6th | 50.8° | 62.8° | 41.5° | 21.2° | 62 | 0.13 | 3 |
| „ „ 13 th | 49.7° | 63.2° | 41.0° | 22.2° | 66 | 0.25 | 2 |
| „ „ 20th | 50.9° | 63.0° | 42.2° | 20.8° | 61 | 0.18 | 1 |
| „„ 27th | 68.8° | 71.8° | 47.9° | 23.9° | 59 | 0.29 | 2 |
| Means. | 62.5° | 65.2° | 43.1° | 22.0° | 62 | Sum. 0.85 | Sum. 8 |
The highest day temperature, observed on May 24th, was 80.5°
The lowest night temperature, observed on May 12th, was 36.3°
Brief thunder storms on May 8th and 27th.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
June 5th, 1871.