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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

Shoreditch 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE III.Shewing the Weekly Meteorological Phenomena, and the total Deaths in Shoreditch and all London; the deaths from Epidemics in Shoreditch and all London, and the proportions borne by Shoreditch.

TABLE III.

Shewing the Weekly Meteorological Phenomena, and the total Deaths in Shoreditch and all London; the deaths from Epidemics in Shoreditch and all London, and the proportions borne by Shoreditch.

Week EndingAverage Temperature.Barometer.Difference between Dew-point Temperature and Air-Temperature.WIND.Rain in Inches.TOTAL DEATHSProportion of deaths from all causes in Shoreditch to all London.DEATHS FROM EPIDEMICSProportion ot Deaths from Epidemics in Shoreditch to all London.
General Direction.Amount of Horizontal Movement.in Shoreditch.in all London.in Shoreditch.in all London.
April 546.4°in. 29.76610.5S.E.11950.095112841/25101931/19
„ 1247.129.2725.6S.W.14800.576111151/2892011/22
„ 1946.029.8568.7N.E.7500.174510431/21161761/11
„ 2648.529.7759.9E.3600.274710481/2271511/22
May 341.329.5646.2N.W.7500.754610871/2261731/28
„ 1044.329.7957.4N.12200.335911541/19111841/16
„ 1751.229.4935.6S.W.9601.244510941/24132091/12
„ 2453.129.5647.3S.W.11301.085510411/19161931/12
„ 3153.329.6915.9S.W. & N.E.8400.974410271/23141851/13
June 756.729.90210.2S.W.5300.004810681/22222051/9
„ 1459.129.8297.1S.W.8950.533910271/26112891/26
„ 2155.629.7346.1S.W.4901.21419631/23102001/20
„ 2863.429.9996.4variable.3400.004811181/23132701/21
Total629140691/2215826291/16
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