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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
Woolwich 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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T able VIII.
Meteorology and Registered Deaths from all causes, and from certain prevalent Diseases in each week of the year 1903.
| Week. Date of ending. | Temperature of Air. | Temperature 3 feet below ground. | Mean Humidity, Complete Saturation = 100. | No. of days Rainfall. | Rainfall in Inches. | Deaths corrected for Public Institutions. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest during Week. | Lowest during Week. | Mean Temperature. | All Causes. | Diarrhœa. | Six other Zymotic Diseases. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | Tubercle. | |||||
| Jan. 10 | 53.9 | 35.0 | 46.5 + | 44.66 | 85 | 5 | 0.95 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| ,, 17 | 37.0 | 23.6 | 30.1 — | 43.45 | 64 | 1 | 0.21 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| ,, 24 | 48.9 | 33.3 | 40.4 + | 40.90 | 92 | 6 | 0.36 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| ,, 31 | 52.6 | 39.3 | 46.7 + | 42.77 | 81 | 4 | 0.37 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Feb. 7 | 52.1 | 30.7 | 42.5 + | 43.11 | 83 | 2 | 0.22 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| ,, 14 | 56.0 | 36.4 | 47.7 + | 44.42 | 84 | 0 | o.oo | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| ,, 21 | 58.3 | 26.2 | 44.4 + | 44.17 | 77 | 1 | 0.01 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| ,, 28 | 53.5 | 35.2 | 45.0 + | 44.71 | 77 | 7 | 1.13 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Mar. 7 | 54.9 | 34.0 | 42.7 + | 44.22 | 83 | 5 | 0.86 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| ,, 14 | 57.8 | 29.5 | 42.9 + | 43.58 | 77 | 2 | 0.17 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| ,, 21 | 57.2 | 32.8 | 46.6+ | 44.03 | 71 | 3 | 0.17 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| ,, 28 | 68.0 | 38.6 | 51.0 + | 45.93 | 72 | 6 | 0.60 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| April 4 | 56.6 | 35.4 | 46.2 + | 46.52 | 78 | 5 | 0.81 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1st Qr | 68.0 | 23.6 | 12 W + 1 W— | 44.03 | 78 | 47 | 5.86 | 429 | 4 | 26 | 64 | 74 |
| April 11 | 56.8 | 33.3 | 46.4 + | 46.31 | 72 | 1 | 0.03 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| ,, 18 | 49.5 | 30.2 | 39.5 — | 45.93 | 62 | 2 | 0.05 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| ,, 25 | 58.4 | 28.4 | 42.1 — | 45.87 | 66 | 0 | o.oo | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| May 2 | 60.9 | 34.7 | 49.4 + | 45.97 | 81 | 6 | 1.42 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| ,, 9 | 65.3 | 38.2 | 50.4 — | 48.27 | 82 | 7 | 0.79 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| ,, 16 | 60.9 | 31.3 | 48.8 — | 49.08 | 76 | 3 | 0.31 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| ,, 23 | 77.9 | 35.4 | 54.6 + | 49.95 | 67 | 2 | 0.34 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| ,, 30 | 77.5 | 38.1 | 58.4 + | 52.74 | 72 | 1 | 0.33 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| June 6 | 82.6 | 42.0 | 57.0 — | 55.47 | 71 | 1 | 0.13 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| ,, 13 | 65.1 | 37.1 | 52.8 — | 55.81 | 84 | 4 | 2.34 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ,, 20 | 67.0 | 41.3 | 49.9 — | 54.37 | 85 | 6 | 3.73 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| ,, 27 | 83.3 | 38.7 | 59.6 — | 54.63 | 71 | 0 | o.oo | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| July 4 | 84.8 | 50.6 | 65.2 + | 59.03 | 59 | 0 | o.oo | 44 | 0 | l | 4 | 3 |
| 2nd Qr | 84.8 | 28.4 | 5 W + 8 W — | 51.03 | 73 | 33 | 9.47 | 412 | 1 | 25 | 60 | 49 |