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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 I.
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 Ending | Average Temperature. | Barometer. | Difference between Dew-point Temperature and Air-Temperature. | WIND. | Rain in inches. | TOTAL DEATHS. | Proportion of deaths from all causes in Shoreditch to all London. (nearly.) | DEATHS FROM EPIDEMICS. | Proportionof Deaths from Epidemics in Shoreditch to all London. (nearly.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Direction. | Amount of Horizontal Movement, in Miles. | In Shoreditch. | In all London. | in Shoreditch. | in all London. | |||||||
| July 5 | 59.2 | in. 30.008 | 10.3 | N.E. | 315 | 0.00 | 50 | 1027 | 1/20 | 10 | 178 | 1/23 |
| „ 12 | 57.6 | 29.658 | 5.9 | W.&N.W. | 975 | 0.31 | 41 | 959 | 14 | 223 | 1/16 | |
| „ 19 | 60.1 | 29.840 | 5.5 | S.W. | 685 | 0.33 | 60 | 1018 | 1/17 | 14 | 236 | 1/17 |
| „ 26 | 64.2 | 29.738 | 6.0 | 605 | 0.35 | 46 | 995 | 1/21 | 15 | 236 | 1/15 | |
| Aug. 2 | 67.6 | 30.006 | 8.4 | S.W.&S. E. | 305 | .0.22 | 40 | 1025 | 1/25 | 14 | 275 | 1/19 |
| „ 9 | 66.1 | 29.860 | 9.3 | 215 | 0.21 | 47 | 1232 | 1/26 | 19 | 377 | 1/19 | |
| „ 16 | 66.9 | 29.763 | 9.1 | S.W. | 630 | 0.40 | 66 | 1250 | 1/19 | 17 | 391 | 1/24 |
| „ 23 | 57.8 | 29.472 | 4.3 | N.E. | 150 | 1.54 | 78 | 1122 | 1/14 | 26 | 328 | 1/12 |
| „ 30 | 61.0 | 29.821 | 7.1 | S.W. | 245 | 0.08 | 53 | 1081 | 1/20 | 21 | 300 | 1/16 |
| Sept. 6 | 57.5 | 29.847 | 8.7 | E. | 420 | 0.09 | 64 | 1100 | 1/17 | 10 | 236 | 1/24 |
| „ 13 | 58.7 | 29.852 | 7.0 | N.E. | 395 | 0.41 | 54 | 1087 | 1/20 | 17 | 273 | 1/16 |
| „ 20 | 53.7 | 29.905 | 9.8 | N.W. | 810 | 0.25 | 38 | 1064 | 1/28 | 12 | 239 | 1/20 |
| „ 27 | 52.9 | 29.241 | 6.5 | S.W. | 1020 | 1.43 | 40 | 1106 | 9 | 207 | 1/23 | |
| Totals | 6770 | 5.62 | 677 | 14066 | 1/21 | 198 | 3499 | 1/18 | ||||
| No. of Column. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
In column 9 of this Table it will be seen that in Nine Weeks out of Thirteen, the Mortality from all causes in Shoreditch
was either less than, or did not exceed its rateable contribution to the Mortality of the Metropolis; and that the aggregate
Mortality of the quarter was less in proportion than that of all London. Column 12 shews that the Mortality from
Zymotic Diseases exceeded the due proportion in eight weeks, and that the aggregate of the quarter was
also in excess.