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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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DIARRHŒA, INFANTILE MORTALITY, AND TEMPERATURE OF SUMMER QUARTER
IN LONDON AND WOOLWICH.
| 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | Average | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | Aver. 1905-1911 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual death rate from Diarrhœa and Enteritis 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 | 0.53 | 3.82 | 1.75 |
| Woolwich | 2.76 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 4.52 | 2.30 | 1.72 | 2.54 | 0.34 | 0.87 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 2.87† | 1.28 | |
| 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 | 61.26 | 67.06 | 63.24 |
| Average Temperature of 3 ft. ground theremo-meter in summer quarter | .. | 62.06 | 59.68 | 60.18 | 61.45 | 60.84 | 61.62 | 62.08 | 59.16 | 60.35 | 59.25 | 59.34 | 64.01 | 60.83 |
* In 1911 deaths under two years only are included.
† If deaths over two years were included this figure would be 3 64 and the figures for London would also be
increased.