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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table VIII.
DIARRHŒA, INFANTILE MORTALITY, AND TEMPERATURE OF SUMMER QUARTER
IN LONDON AND WOOLWICH.
| 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | Average | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | Average | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual death rate from diarrhoea in summer quarter per 1,000 living | London | 2.77 | 1.42 | 1.49 | 3.39 | 2.27 | 2.28 | 3.00 | 0.46 | 1.36 | 0.79 | 1.58 |
| Woolwich | 276 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 4.52 | 2.30 | 1.72 | 2.54 | 0.34 | 0.87 | 0.25 | 1.14 | |
| Max. weekly average temperature of 3 ft. ground thermometer in 13 weeks of summer quarter | .. | 63.54 | 61.09 | 61.64 | 64.62 | 62.72 | 64.11 | 64.00 | 60.84 | 62.65 | 62.79 | 62.88 |
| Average temperature of 3 ft. ground thermometer in summer quarter | .. | 62.06 | 59.68 | 60.18 | 61.45 | 60.84 | 61.62 | 62.08 | 59.16 | 60.35 | 59.25 | 60.49 |
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