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Islington 1872
[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
FOR AUGUST, 1872.
No. CIII.
The total number of deaths during the four weeks ending August
24th, namely, 347, is smaller than the number for the same month was
in 1870 and 71, the reason being that our comparative immunity from
epidemic diseases still continues; the amount of seasonal Diarrhoea is
rather high, and is as usual very fatal to infants under 1 year of age:
Small-Pox shows again to a slight extent in the mortality table,
and Hooping Cough, which has never left us, caused 19 deaths, a large
number for the month.
Nevertheless the parish is altogether in a healthy condition, the deaths during the month being only at the rate of 20½ per 1000 per annum, the rate for London generally having been 233/4.
METEOROLOGY OP AUGUST.
| Thermometers 4 feet from ground. | Degree of Atmospheric Humidity, Saturation being represented by 100. | Rain in inches read at Collected on the ground. Sum. | Number of days on which Rain fell in appreciable quantity. Sum. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of Daily Values. | Mean of Highest Tempera -tures. | Mean of Lowest Temperatures. | Mean Daily Range of Temp. | ||||
| Week ending Aug. 3rd | 63.0 | 74.8 | 19.0 | 69 | 1.03 | 4 | |
| ,, ,, 10th | 60.0 | 70.0 | 54.0 | 16.0 | 80 | 0.82 | 6 |
| ,, ,, 17th | 61.2 | 74.2 | 51.7 | 67 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| ,, 24th | 65.6 | 79.8 | 55.7 | 24.1 | 73 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Means. | 62 4 | 74.7 | 54.3 | 20.4 | 72 | Sum. 1.85 | Sum. 10 |
The highest day temperature, observed on August 17th, was 84.0°
The lowest night temperature, observed on August 13th, was 47.0°
Thunder Storms on August 3rd, and 7th.
W. H. CORFIELD
M.A., M.D., (Oxon).
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Offices,
August 31 st, 1872.