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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 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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TABLE I.
Showing the London Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.
| METEOROLOGY. | DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862. Months. | Mean Reading 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. | In London. | |||||||||
| N. | E. | S. | W. | 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. | ||||||
| In. | º | º | Miles. | In. | 2380 or 1 Death in 42.01 | 27.19 | 2.349 or 1 Death in 42.57 | 21.41 | |||||||||
| January | 29.705 | 39.0 | 34.6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 255 | 1.9 | 236 | 33 | 7380 | 1281 | ||||
| February | 29.905 | 41.1 | 36.6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 223 | 0.5 | 171 | 33 | 5466 | 949 | ||||
| March | 29.498 | 43.1 | 39.5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 237 | 3.7 | 190 | 36 | 5559 | 1008 | ||||
| April | 29.847 | 48.4 | 43.0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 269 | 2.8 | 176 | 26 | 5276 | 1061 | ||||
| May | 29.726 | 55.4 | 50.3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 218 | 2.8 | 198 | 36 | 6016 | 1214 | ||||
| June | 29.718 | 56.3 | 49.3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 268 | 1.8 | 165 | 38 | 4403 | 865 | ||||
| July | 29.762 | 59.1 | 52.4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 261 | 1.7 | 165 | 53 | 4472 | 1017 | ||||
| August | 29.785 | 59.5 | 53.5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 199 | 3.0 | 260 | 107 | 6019 | 1598 | ||||
| September | 29.859 | 57.7 | 52.5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 172 | 1.6 | 227 | 93 | 4642 | 1220 | ||||
| October | 29.726 | 51.8 | 48.6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 288 | 4.0 | 271 | 107 | 5939 | 1512 | ||||
| November | 29.793 | 39.8 | 37.4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 172 | 1.0 | 264 | 79 | 6040 | 1330 | ||||
| December | 29.865 | 43.6 | 40.3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 324 | 1.6 | 214 | 49 | 5738 | 1282 | ||||
| Totals of year | 29.766 | 49.5 | 44.8 | 65 | 61 | 102 | 137 | .... | 26.4 | 2537 | 690 | 66950 | 14337 | ||||