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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 1908
[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 of the Year 1908.
| Week. Date of ending. | Temperature of the Air. | Tem-perature three feet below ground | Mean Humidity complete Saturation = 100. | No. of days on which rain fell. | Rainfall in inches | Deaths Corrected for Public Institutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest during week. | Lowest during week. | Mean Temperature. | Diarrhoea. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | All Causes. | |||||
| January 4 | 38.4 | 24.1 | 32.2 - | 43.90 | 67 | 1 | 0.01 | .. | 7 | 31 |
| „ 11 | 49.8 | 17.9 | 34.2 - | 41.72 | 81 | 3 | 1.17 | .. | 6 | 33 |
| „ 18 | 52.0 | 17.9 | 40.0 + | 40.82 | 88 | 3 | 0.04 | .. | 14 | 38 |
| „ 25 | 44.0 | 25.6 | 34.4 — | 41.43 | 97 | 3 | 0.04 | .. | 10 | 40 |
| February 1 | 53.6 | 33.4 | 41.8 + | 41.85 | 76 | 5 | 0.24 | 8 | 36 | |
| „ 8 | 49.2 | 28.3 | 39.7 + | 41.20 | 84 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 6 | 34 |
| „ 15 | 52.0 | 28.7 | 41.8 + | 41.72 | 86 | 2 | 0.12 | .. | 8 | 41 |
| „ 22 | 54.5 | 33.7 | 45.4 + | 42.35 | 83 | 4 | 0.83 | .. | 11 | 44 |
| „ 29 | 50.5 | 31.0 | 40.2 - | 42.98 | 78 | 6 | 0.45 | 1 | 5 | 30 |
| March 7 | 51.0 | 31.4 | 38.3 - | 41,70 | 83 | 5 | 0,71 | .. | 7 | 35 |
| „ 14 | 56.0 | 28.3 | 40.7 - | 42.17 | 78 | 4 | 0.18 | .. | 5 | 25 |
| „ 21 | 48.5 | 24.3 | 36.6 - | 41.60 | 78 | 2 | 0.06 | .. | 7 | 25 |
| „ 28 | 59.2 | 31.0 | 43.8 + | 41.76 | 80 | 4 | 0.89 | 1 | 8 | 41 |
| 1st Quarter | 59.2 | 17.9 | 39.2 | 41.94 | 81 | 44 | 4.79 | 3 | 102 | 453 |
| April 4 | 60.3 | 36.2 | 45.8 + | 43.28 | 70 | 4 | 0.42 | .. | 4 | 31 |
| „ 11 | 58.1 | 28.4 | 40.7 - | 43.93 | 77 | 2 | 0.31 | .. | 6 | 30 |
| „ 18 | 59.1 | 34.7 | 44.3 - | 44,45 | 71 | 1 | 0,01 | .. | 7 | 32 |
| „ 25 | 55.2 | 30.5 | 38.5 - | 44.50 | 79 | 6 | 0.98 | .. | 5 | 31 |
| May 2 | 75.5 | 32.4 | 51.0 + | 44.46 | 83 | 4 | 0.75 | .. | 3 | 28 |
| „ 9 | 88.3 | 43.6 | 53.2 + | 47.90 | 83 | 5 | 0.31 | .. | 3 | 30 |
| „ 16 | 66.5 | 39.6 | 52.1 - | 49.92 | 77 | 6 | 0.53 | .. | 6 | 34 |
| „ 23 | 77.0 | 42.0 | 57.5 + | 51.90 | 73 | 1 | 0.04 | .. | 2 | 31 |
| „ 30 | 74.6 | 37.8 | 58.0 + | 53.39 | 74 | 3 | 0l64 | .. | 1 | 25 |
| June 6 | 81.5 | 45.8 | 62.8 + | 56.19 | 74 | 3 | 1.49 | .. | 2 | 23 |
| „ 13 | 74.8 | 41.7 | 57.7 - | 57.27 | 76 | 1 | 0.03 | .. | .. | 15 |
| „ 20 | 72.0 | 43.3 | 57.6 - | 58.04 | 73 | 2 | 0.55 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| „ 27 | 78.6 | 43.6 | 59.0 - | 58.53 | 70 | 0 | 0.00 | .. | 1 | 26 |
| 2nd Quarter | 88.3 | 28.4 | 52.2 | 50.29 | 75 | 38 | 6.06 | 2 | 43 | 357 |
| July 4 | 84.0 | 49.6 | 63.5 + | 60.24 | 71 | 1 | 0.54 | .. | 2 | 25 |
| „ 11 | 75.5 | 49.9 | 61.5 - | 61.34 | 78 | 4 | 0.35 | .. | .. | 17 |
| „ 18 | 73.0 | 51.1 | 58.9 - | 60.97 | 86 | 6 | 2.76 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| „ 25 | 82.9 | 47.1 | 62.4 - | 60.47 | 80 | 1 | 0.01 | .. | 1 | 23 |
| August 1 | 83.1 | 47.6 | 64.3 + | 62.15 | 65 | 0 | 0.00 | .. | 1 | 16 |
| „ 8 | 83.0 | 47.1 | 62.1 - | 62l65 | 73 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| „ 15 | 78.0 | 46.9 | 58.8 - | 62.18 | 71 | 2 | 0.22 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
| „ 22 | 74.9 | 47.2 | 59.2 - | 61.26 | 81 | 2 | 0.61 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| „ 29 | 77.3 | 51.3 | 58.9 - | 60.88 | 81 | 7 | 1.99 | 5 | 1 | 27 |
| September 5 | 69.2 | 40.0 | 53.2 - | 59.51 | 82 | 6 | 1.35 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| „ 12 | 74.3 | 40.1 | 54.5 - | 58.02 | 72 | 2 | 0.03 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| „ 19 | 74.1 | 36.1 | 56.5 - | 57.11 | 79 | 2 | 0.11 | 4 | 3 | 28 |
| „ 26 | 77.2 | 41.5 | 57.3 + | 57.86 | 88 | 4 | 0.11 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
| 3rd Quarter | 84.0 | 36.1 | 59.3 | 60.36 | 77 | 38 | 8.15 | 28 | 22 | 319 |
| October 3 | 79.9 | 50.1 | 62.9 + | 58.21 | 84 | 3 | 0.03 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| „ 10 | 75.2 | 42.5 | 57.6 + | 58.31 | 89 | 5 | 0.25 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| „ 17 | 71.0 | 43.7 | 56.3 + | 57.51 | 88 | 4 | 0.72 | .. | 1 | 20 |
| „ 24 | 65.1 | 34.5 | 47.8 - | 56.49 | 84 | 3 | 0.26 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| „ 31 | 67.7 | 33.1 | 50.2 + | 53.63 | 89 | 4 | 0.73 | 3 | 5 | 25 |
| November 7 | 58.5 | 34.2 | 47.3 + | 53.36 | 87 | 0 | 0.00 | .. | 2 | 29 |
| „ 14 | 58.3 | 22.1 | 45.1 + | 51.01 | 80 | 4 | 0.28 | 1 | 4 | 34 |
| „ 21 | 51.3 | 31.0 | 44.7 + | 50.52 | 84 | 4 | 0.39 | .. | 5 | 27 |
| „ 28 | 58.0 | 32.1 | 47.6 + | 49.46 | 81 | 3 | 0.07 | .. | 1 | 23 |
| December 5 | 54.4 | 34.5 | 43.5 + | 49.26 | 94 | 2 | 0.08 | .. | 5 | 30 |
| „ 12 | 52.9 | 33.6 | 42.8 + | 48.25 | 87 | 5 | 0.62 | .. | 10 | 40 |
| „ 19 | 54.2 | 36.0 | 45.4 + | 47.46 | 92 | 5 | 0.81 | 1 | 6 | 29 |
| „ 26 | 49.0 | 34.1 | 40.2 + | 46.99 | 91 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| January 2 | 48.2 | 12.1 | 31.5 - | 44.41 | 85 | 3 | 0.48 | .. | 4 | 32 |
| 4th Quarter (14 weeks) | 79.9 | 12.1 | 47.3 | 51.78 | 87 | 46 | 4.74 | 13 | 59 | 382 |
| Totals for Whole Year | 88.3 | 12.1 | 49.5 | 51.09 | 80 | 166 | 23.74 | 46 | 226 | 1511 |