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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 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE II.
Shewing the Weekly Meteorological Phenomena, and the Total Deaths in Shore ditch and all London ; the Deaths from Epidemics in Shore ditch and all London ; and the proportions borne by Shore ditch, during thirteen weeks, ending July 3rd, 1858.
| 1858. Week (Tiling | Average Temperature. | Average Temperature of correspond ing week in 10 previous years | Barometer | Difference between Dew.point Temperature and Air.Temperature | WIND. | Rain in Inches. | TOTAL DEATHS | Proportion of deaths from allcausesin Shore ditch to all London | DEATHS From EPIDEMICS | Proportion of Deaths from Epidemics in Shore ditch to all London | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Direction | Amount of Horizontal Movement. miles. | In Shore ditch | In all London | in Shore ditch | In all London | ||||||||
| April 10 | 40°.3 | 46°.9 | 29.672 | 4°.6 | E. | 875 | 1.05 | 57 | 1221 | 1/21 | 9 | 211 | l 23 |
| „ 17 | 46°.7 | 45°.3 | 29.821 | 8.7 | VARIABLE | 320 | 0.22 | 57 | 1207 | 1/21 | 11 | 221 | 1/20 |
| „ 24 | 52°. 8 | 46°.8 | 30.054 | 10.0 | E. | 285 | 0.00 | 53 | 1144 | 1/23 | 10 | 204 | 1/20 |
| May 1 | 47°.1 | 45°.5 | 29.566 | 5.6 | S.W. | 505 | 0.84 | 65 | 1125 | 1/17 | 11 | 199 | 1/18 |
| „ 8 | 45° .6 | 47°.3 | 29.832 | 7.3 | N.E. | 355 | 0.21 | 49 | 1056 | 1/21 | 10 | 188 | 1/19 |
| „ 15 | 49°.6 | 50°.0 | 29.659 | 7.5 | S.W. | 670 | 0.51 | 50 | 1057 | 1/21 | 13 | 206 | 1/16 |
| 99 » | 54°.9 | 53°.5 | 29.761 | 9.3 | S.W. | 1125 | 0.27 | 30 | 1082 | 1/26 | 9 | 226 | 1/25 |
| „ 29 | 53°.2 | 55°.3 | 29.772 | 7.6 | S.W. | 635 | 0.73 | 56 | 1106 | 1/20 | 9 | 207 | |
| June 5 | 66°.2 | 56°.1 | 29.894 | 10.7 | VARIABLE | 195 | 1.16 | 48 | 1087 | 1/23 | 13 | 240 | 1/18 |
| „ 12 | 63°.8 | 57°.1 | 29.846 | 8.1 | N.E. & S.W. | 130 | 0.01 | 45 | 963 | 1/23 | 13 | 202 | 1/16 |
| „19 | 67°.7 | 57°.2 | 29.808 | 10.1 | S. & CALM | 205 | 0.01 | 61 | 1160 | 1/19 | 15 | 241 | 1/16 |
| „ 26 | 64°.5 | 59°.2 | 30.091 | 11.5 | VARIABLE | 280 | 0.06 | 46 | 1092 | 1/22 | 18 | 242 | 1/13 |
| July 3 | 58°.6 | 61c.0 | 29.954 | 13. 5 | N. W. | 570 | 0.00 | 67 | 1241 | 1/20 | 11 | 305 | 1/28 |
| 6150 | 5.07 | 684 | 14541 | 1/21 | 152 | 2892 | 1/19 | ||||||
| No. of Column | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |