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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. | DEATHS FROM EPIDEMICS | Proportion of Deaths from Epidemics in Shoreditch to all London. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Direction. | Amount of Horizontal Movement. | In Shoreditch. | In all London. | In Shoreditch. | In all London. | |||||||
| Oct. 4 | 55°.3 | in. 29.439 | 5°.2 | S.W. | Miles. 565 | 0.54 | 57 | 1071 | 1/19 | 15 | 216 | 1/14 |
| „ 11 | 54°.3 | 29.883 | 1.9 | Shifting & Calms. | 230 | 0.00 | 60 | 939 | 1/16 | 11 | 201 | 1/18 |
| „ 18 | 53.0 | 29.937 | 2.5 | ditto | 435 | 0.36 | 46 | 960 | 1/24 | 12 | 164 | 1/14 |
| „ 25 | 51.2 | 30.208 | 3.2 | Easterly & Calm. | 5 days 185 | 0.00 | 37 | 974 | 1/26 | 8 | 182 | 1/23 |
| Nov. 1 | 44.7 | 30.165 | 1.0 | Calm. | 245 | 0.34 | 49 | 969 | 1/19 | 6 | 143 | 1/24 |
| „ 8 | 43.4 | 30 236 | 3.6 | N.E. | 160 | 0.23 | 31 | 1006 | 1/32 | 8 | 189 | 1/23 |
| „ 15 | 38.3 | 29.649 | 5.1 | N. | 1075 | 0.12 | 56 | 1090 | 1/19 | 13 | 179 | 1/14 |
| „ 22 | 42.3 | 30.025 | 2.2 | N.W. | 545 | 0.15 | 77 | 1261 | 1/16 | 15 | 199 | 1/14 |
| „ 29 | 39.3 | 29.677 | N.W. | 865 | 0.52 | 41 | 1158 | 1/28 | 12 | 200 | 1/16 | |
| Dec. 6 | 35.5 | 29.675 | 3.3 | Westerly Calm. | 1045 | 0.30 | 59 | 1318 | 1/24 | 8 | 201 | 1/25 |
| „ 13 | 51.3 | 29.219 | 5.1 | S.W. | 1755 | 0.78 | 54 | 1243 | 1/23 | 9 | 194 | 1/21 |
| „ 20 | 38.8 | 30.128 | 2.3 | N.N. E. | 520 | 0.03 | 50 | 1060 | 1/24 | 11 | 159 | 1/14 |
| „ 27 | 35.7 | 29.419 | 2.8 | 530 | 0.13 | 52 | 1069 | 1/20 | 9 | 168 | 1/18 | |
| Totals | 8155 | 4.30 | 669 | 14118 | 1/21 | 137 | 2395 | 1/17 | ||||
| 1 | 12 | |||||||||||
Total mortality in St. Luke's Workhouse 40, from epidemics 12. Deducting; St. Luke's mortality the proportion of Shoreditch
to all London, is only; from epidemics 1/19.