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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

London County Council 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Table V.3 ( contd.)—Deaths by cause—Administrative County of London, 1963

Table V.3 ( contd.)—Deaths by cause—Administrative County of London, 1963

CauseSex0.1.5.15.25.45.65.75+Total
19631962
33. Motor vehicle accidentsM-9126146472831234244
F351511243935132152
34. All other accidentsM10181541851275373422412
F1012411337449184377336
35. SuicideM-..281281504616368342
F--.19821103117259247
36. Homicide, operations of warM6..353..1722
F3151311418
ALL CAUSESM80897822188795,9685,3056,50919,86619,464
F57767521066463,3214,42510,53019,72418,882

Table: Table V.4 —.Weather during 1963 (as recorded at Kew Observatory)

Table V.4 —.Weather during 1963 (as recorded at Kew Observatory)

MonthTemperature Difference fromRainfall Difference fromSunshine Difference from
Mean (a) °FAverage (b) °FTotal ins.Average (b) ins.Total hrs.Average (c) hrs.
January30.0-9.70.83-1.1449.3+5.6
February32.4-7.80.26-1.3370.9+ 11.0
March43.7+0.82.30+0.77103.9-3.2
April48.9+1.41.60-0.04135.8-17.0
May52.7-1.01.85+0.11205.5+5.1
June60.1+0.71.92-0.06201.7-2.0
July61.3-1.41.29-1.10204.0+5.6
August59.5-2.42.20-0.08143.9-42.1
September57.0-0.42.34+0.32126 .9-16.3
October53.1+2.61.50-0.9890.4-4.9
November49.1+4.74.50+2.1362.0+9.6
December38.5-2.50.67-1.4843.2+5.0
Year48.9-1.221.26-2.881,437.5-43.6

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(a) Average of the daily means of 24 hourly readings.
(b) Average over the 90 years ended I960.
(c) Average over the 80 years ended I960.