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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

Bethnal Green 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]

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Table: TABLE 2. Showing the London Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.

TABLE 2. Showing the London Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.

METEOROLOGY.DEATHS.
1856. Months.Mean Beading of Barometer.Mean Temperature of Air.Mean Dew point Temperature.Relative proportion of Wind.Daily Horizontal Movement of Air.Amount of Rain in Inches.In Bethnal Green contrasted with the Deaths in London.
Total.Annual percentage of Deaths in Bethnal Green.Epidemic.Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths.Total.Annual percentage of London Deaths.Epidemic.Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths.
N.E.S.W.
ºººmiles.
January.29.46839.436.478881032.6159424497755
February.29.89942.037.8667101231.1161254198742
March.30.01138.733.191624991.1198325838881
April.29.61546.838.7610771322.3136194490731
May.29.64749.542.9106691483.51471.905 or 1 Death in 522720.2054032.178 or 1 Death in 4694918.90
June.29.87758.551.841718761.6139294176784
July.29.83161.154.552815900.9113233999873
August.29.74663.656.259107442.42055857101671
September.29.65255.247.475612972.8150334357955
October.29.99151.747.648610491.6128333944763
November.29.90240.737.3124313911.0214365484910
December.29.64640.237.3726161411.3155284690722
Totals of year.29.77449.143.482777612910021.919053855678610736