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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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Table VIII—
| 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. | Diarrhoea. | Six other Zymotic Diseases. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | Tubercle. | |||||
| July 11 | 87.5 | 42.2 | 63.6 + | 60.58 | 65 | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| „ 18 | 77.1 | 46.0 | 60.7 — | 61.64 | 74 | 3 | 0.57 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| „ 25 | 74.9 | 47.2 | 60.5 — | 61.39 | 80 | 5 | 3.18 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Aug. 1 | 71.5 | 49'0 | 58.6 — | 61.07 | 84 | 5 | 1.52 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| ,, 8 | 77.5 | 44.2 | 61.2 — | 60.70 | 70 | 3 | 0.35 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| „ 15 | 73.5 | 45.3 | 59.5 — | 60.87 | 79 | 4 | 2.11 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| „ 22 | 73.4 | 47.6 | 58.3 — | 60.49 | 74 | 5 | 1.11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| „ 29 | 71.0 | 44.3 | 58.1 — | 59.83 | 78 | 4 | 1.23 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Sept. 5 | 82.0 | 48.9 | 62.9 + | 60.69 | 78 | 4 | 0.86 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| „ 12 | 67.9 | 40.3 | 53.7 — | 60.53 | 78 | 5 | 0.55 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| ,, 19 | 64.3 | 38.4 | 51.7 — | 57.98 | 75 | 1 | 0.01 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| „ 26 | 70.5 | 50.5 | 59.3 + | 57.87 | 89 | 4 | 0.22 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 9, | 5 |
| Oct. 3 | 70.7 | 50.2 | 59.3 + | 58.72 | 85 | 3 | 0.61 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3rd Qr | 87.5 | 38.4 | 4W + 9 W — | 60.18 | 77 | 46 | 12.32 | 372 | 29 | 10 | 31 | 62 |
| Oct. 10 | 64.8 | 39.2 | 54.9 + | 58.33 | 85 | 6 | 1.05 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| „ 17 | 62.6 | 42.3 | 52.0 + | 56.44 | 81 | 6 | 1.39 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| ,, 24 | 56.6 | 36.5 | 49.3 + | 54.80 | 86 | 4 | 0.60 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| „ 31 | 58.7 | 38.2 | 50.8 + | 53.65 | 84 | 7 | 1.39 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Nov. 7 | 56.2 | 35.2 | 47.1 + | 52.66 | 87 | 3 | 0.23 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| „ 14 | 57'0 | 35.3 | 48.4 + | 51.37 | 88 | 4 | 0.26 | 25 | n | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| „ 21 | 54.6 | 26.4 | 41.1 — | 49.90 | 84 | 2 | 0.07 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| „ 28 | 53.1 | 34.2 | 45.3 + | 48.46 | 82 | 5 | 1.18 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Dec. 5 | 45.8 | 25.2 | 35.2 — | 46.59 | 83 | 4 | 0.28 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| „ 12 | 52.8 | 28.5 | 41.5 + | 44.68 | 86 | 6 | 1.12 | 83 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| „ 19 | 49.9 | 36.2 | 42.0 + | 44.73 | 88 | 2 | 0.02 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| „ 26 | 48.9 | 34.1 | 40.2 + | 44.66 | 89 | 0 | o.oo | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Jan. 2 | 43.5 | 23.8 | 32.6 — | 43.28 | 78 | 3 | 0.09 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 |
| 4th Qr | 64.8 | 23.8 | 10 W + 3 W . | 49.96 | 84 | 52 | 7.68 | 432 | 13 | 14 | 101 | 53 |
| Whole Yr | 87.5 | 23.6 | 31 W + 21 W — | 51.30 | 73 | 178 | 35.33 | 1645 | 47 | 75 | 256 | 238 |