Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table VIII.
Meteorology and Registered Deaths from all causes, and from certain prevalent Diseases in each week of the year, 1904.
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. | |||||
J an. 9 | 47.7 | 29.3 | 39.8 + | 42.10 | 91 | 5 | 0.29 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
„ 16 | 51.8 | 33.0 | 42 1 + | 42.83 | 82 | 4 | 0.69 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
„ 23 | 48.9 | 26.2 | 35-7 — | 42.26 | 92 | 3 | 0.18 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
30 | 50.9 | 28.8 | 40-9 + | 41.38 | 86 | 3 | 0.92 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
Feb. 6 | 49.5 | 31.7 | 40-6 + | 42.24 | 87 | 7 | 1.15 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
„ 13 | 49.9 | 32.4 | 42-1 + | 42.12 | 81 | 6 | 1.27 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
„ 20 | 53.7 | 29.8 | 38-8 — | 41.83 | 81 | 5 | 0.45 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
„27 | 54.2 | 29.2 | 38 3 - | 41.96 | 75 | 1 | 0.03 | 42 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
Mar. 5 | 41.2 | 27.2 | 33 3 — | 40.57 | 82 | 3 | 0.52 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
„ 12 | 59.1 | 27.2 | 405 — | 40.62 | 84 | 2 | 0.24 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
„ 19 | 555 | 26.4 | 40-8 — | 41.23 | 77 | 2 | 0 .06 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
„ 26 | 54.0 | 31.8 | 43 3 + | 42.47 | 80 | 4 | 0.13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
April 2 | 55.7 | 31.4 | 42 0 - | 42.75 | 79 | 3 | 0.45 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
1 st Qr | 59.1 | 26.2 | 6 + 7 — | 41.87 | 83 | 48 | 6.38 | 469 | 4 | 34 | 98 | 72 |
April 9 | 64.0 | 37.3 | 48.0 + | 43.91 | 71 | 6 | 0.37 | 49 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
„ 16 | 66.9 | 36.5 | 49 .6 + | 45.54 | 71 | 2 | 0.32 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
„23 | 64.0 | 33.2 | 49.1 + | 47.19 | 71 | 2 | 0.24 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
„ 30 | 60.9 | 33.8 | 49.6 + | 47.66 | 72 | 2 | 0.65 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
May 7 | 63.9 | 39.2 | 49.0 — | 48.72 | 70 | 3 | 0.55 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
., 14 | 69.9 | 34.2 | 49.7 — | 48.68 | 81 | 3 | 0.29 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
„ 21 | 72.6 | 39.2 | 54.0 + | 51.24 | 65 | 2 | 0 .35 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
„ 28 | 75.1 | 46.5 | 57.3 + | 52.44 | 86 | 4 | 0.30 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
June 4 | 68.8 | 43.9 | 56.0 — | 54.22 | 84 | 3 | 0.71 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
„ 11 | 71.2 | 46.7 | 55.9 — | 55.17 | 75 | 2 | 0.12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
„ 18 | 740 | 476 | 59.6 + | 56.30 | 72 | 2 | 0.27 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
„ 25 | 76.1 | 44.3 | 58.6 — | 57.74 | 68 | 2 | 0.17 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
July 2 | 73.9 | 44.5 | 59.7 — | 58.39 | 67 | 3 | 0.15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2nd Qr | 76.1 | 33.2 | 7 + 6 — | 51.32 | 73 | 36 | 3 89 | 409 | 5 | 45 | 54 | 72 |
Note.--1- Means higher and — lower than the average of 60 years. |