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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 1911
[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 for the Year 1911.
| Week. Date of ending. | Temperature of the Air. | Average temperature 3 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 and Enteritis. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | All causes. | |||||
| 1911. | ||||||||||
| January 7 | 45.6 | 31.9 | 37.5— | 43.66 | 86 | 6 | 0.43 | — | 2 | 21 |
| „ 14 | 50.0 | 25.6 | 38.7+ | 43.23 | 88 | 4 | 0.73 | — | 9 | 30 |
| „ 21 | 44.0 | 24.1 | 37.3— | 41.98 | 91 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 12 | 46 |
| „ 28 | 51.7 | 29.5 | 41.5+ | 42.19 | 87 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 8 | 45 |
| February 4 | 43.0 | 21.6 | 34.2— | 41.93 | 84 | 2 | 0.03 | — | 7 | 36 |
| „ 11 | 44.9 | 25.1 | 37.0— | 41.02 | 80 | 3 | 0.11 | — | 10 | 35 |
| „ 18 | 55.2 | 26.3 | 42.8+ | 40.87 | 79 | 3 | 0.12 | — | 9 | 43 |
| „ 25 | 55.0 | 33.1 | 45.1+ | 42.59 | 77 | 6 | 9.60 | — | 6 | 35 |
| March 4 | 59.3 | 34.3 | 46.3+ | 43.53 | 80 | 4 | 0.62 | — | 6 | 33 |
| „ 11 | 51.0 | 29.1 | 40.4— | 43.90 | 83 | 4 | 0.42 | — | 4 | 35 |
| „ 18 | 47.1 | 29.1 | 38.1— | 42.87 | 83 | 7 | 0.77 | — | 6 | 32 |
| „ 25 | 61.8 | 33.2 | 42.8+ | 42.74 | 84 | 1 | 0.13 | — | 5 | 34 |
| April 1 | 56.0 | 33.1 | 42.8— | 42.96 | 87 | 2 | 0.31 | — | 3 | 32 |
| 1st Quarter | 61.8 | 21.6 | 40.3 | 42.57 | 84 | 45 | 4.33 | 2 | 87 | 457 |
| April 8 | 50.6 | 26.7 | 36.3— | 43.26 | 77 | 4 | 0.91 | — | 6 | 29 |
| „ 15 | 66.9 | 30.3 | 45.0— | 42.66 | 73 | 2 | 0.04 | — | 4 | 28 |
| „ 22 | 67.3 | 37.4 | 51.2+ | 45.10 | 65 | — | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| „ 29 | 66.0 | 42.0 | 51.3+ | 47.50 | 72 | 4 | 0.60 | — | 5 | 28 |
| May 6 | 62.2 | 39.8 | 50.1+ | 48.36 | 73 | 3 | 0.35 | — | — | 28 |
| „ 13 | 75.6 | 36.7 | 56.9+ | 49.96 | 74 | 1 | 0.18 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| „ 20 | 72.2 | 45.3 | 54.7+ | 52.47 | 82 | 2 | 0.36 | — | 2 | 20 |
| „ 27 | 78.0 | 35.0 | 57.8+ | 53.20 | 76 | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| June 3 | 81.7 | 47.8 | 646+ | 56.00 | 68 | 2 | 1.01 | — | 1 | 20 |
| „ 10 | 83.9 | 42.1 | 62.3+ | 58.73 | 67 | — | 0.00 | — | 3 | 25 |
| „ 17 | 74.5 | 40.6 | 57.0— | 58.76 | 64 | 4 | 0.66 | — | 4 | 24 |
| „ 24 | 73.6 | 50.7 | 59.2— | 58.98 | 75 | 4 | 0.94 | — | 3 | 21 |
| July 1 | 75.7 | 48.2 | 57.5— | 53.72 | 76 | 4 | 0.50 | — | 4 | 20 |
| 2nd Quarter | 83.9 | 26.7 | 54.1 | 51.82 | 72 | 31 | 5.59 | 4 | 38 | 329 |
| July 8 | 88.0 | 48.2 | 65.6+ | 59.80 | 59 | — | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| „ 15 | 85.0 | 49.1 | 65.2+ | 62.16 | 78 | — | o.oo | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| „ 22 | 95.6 | 45.8 | 69.5+ | 63.31 | 54 | — | o.oo | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| „ 29 | 91.9 | 54.7 | 71.0+ | 65.17 | 64 | 4 | 0.26 | 3 | 3 | 35 |
| August 5 | 86.2 | 53.7 | 68.0+ | 66.02 | 66 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| „ 12 | 100.0 | 54.6 | 72.5+ | 66.43 | 58 | — | o.oo | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| „ 19 | 90.9 | 51.3 | 69.44. | 67.06 | 59 | 1 | 0.58 | 18 | 1 | 36 |
| „ 26 | 82.2 | 52.7 | 63.9+ | 66.39 | 78 | 4 | 0.29 | 25 | — | 39 |
| September 2 | 89.1 | 48.1 | 653+ | 65.36 | 67 | 2 | 0.41 | 16 | 2 | 48 |
| „ 9 | 94.1 | 50.1 | 66.9+ | 64.63 | 59 | 1 | 0.01 | 7 | — | 27 |
| „ 16 | 88.5 | 45.4 | 60.3+ | 64.19 | 66 | 2 | 0.41 | 10 | 1 | 31 |
| „ 23 | 69.4 | 37.7 | 54.3— | 61.74 | 71 | 4 | 0.48 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| „ 30 | 71.7 | 40.3 | 55.0+ | 59.94 | 69 | 3 | 0.44 | 9 | 2 | 42 |
| 3rd Quarter | 100.0 | 37.7 | 65.1 | 64.01 | 65 | 22 | 2.94 | 109 | 16 | 386 |
| October 7 | 59.5 | 34.4 | 48.2— | 57.63 | 81 | 3 | 0.27 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| „ 14 | 60.0 | 39.7 | 51.9+ | 55.99 | 87 | 2 | 0.29 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
| „ 21 | 64.1 | 45.1 | 54.5+ | 55.92 | 91 | 5 | 0.37 | 1 | — | 27 |
| „ 28 | 61.5 | 35.6 | 48.5+ | 55.42 | 82 | 5 | 1.98 | 2 | 5 | 33 |
| November 4 | 59.2 | 28.1 | 48.4+ | 52.78 | 79 | 5 | 0.63 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| „ 11 | 59.0 | 34.1 | 44.5— | 51.75 | 80 | 6 | 1.16 | — | 1 | 16 |
| „ 18 | 58.0 | 38.2 | 49.0+ | 50.15 | 83 | 6 | 1.70 | — | 3 | 25 |
| „ 25 | 47.0 | 28.3 | 39.3— | 49.04 | 80 | 3 | 0.25 | — | 5 | 26 |
| December 2 | 49.0 | 30.1 | 40.8— | 46.99 | 92 | 4 | 0.10 | — | 5 | 27 |
| „ 9 | 49.2 | 28.9 | 41.3+ | 46.94 | 86 | 6 | 1.07 | — | 10 | 29 |
| „ 16 | 51.7 | 34.1 | 44.6+ | 45.78 | 88 | 5 | 1.02 | — | 7 | 28 |
| „ 23 | 53.8 | 35.1 | 46.0+ | 46.57 | 91 | 7 | 1.31 | — | 7 | 35 |
| „ 30 | 52.8 | 38.1 | 45.7+ | 46.01 | 89 | 5 | 0.64 | — | 5 | 28 |
| 4th Quarter | 64.1 | 28.1 | 46.4 | 50.84 | 85 | 62 | 1079 | 11 | 58 | 368 |
| Year | 100.0 | 21.6 | 51.5 | 52.31 | 76 | 160 | 23.65 | 126 | 199 | 1540 |