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 I.
ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS AND METEOROLOGY.
1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | |
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Number of cases notifiedd | – | – | – | 212 | 366 | 93 | 173 | 120 | 72 | 848 |
Number of deaths, Diarrhœa* | 27 | 29 | 136 | 56 | 81 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 109 |
Mean Temperature of air | 59.1 | 59.0 | 60.08 | 60.6 | 62.4 | 58.87 | 59.3 | 58.7 | 57.2 | 65.1 |
Mean temperature 3 ft. below ground | 59.68 | 60.18 | 61.45 | 61.62 | 62.08 | 59.15 | 60.35 | 59.25 | 59.34 | 64.01 |
Mean Humidity | 75 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 70 | 74.6 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 65 |
Number of days on which rain fell | – | 46 | 34 | 33 | 26 | 32 | 38 | 46 | 37 | 22 |
Rainfall in inches | 5.91 | 12.32 | 4.88 | 5.65 | 3.78 | 3.77 | 8.15 | 7.43 | 6.08 | 2.94 |
Number of hours bright sunshine | 485 | 541 | 671 | 529 | 697 | 516 | 532 | 530 | 432 | 824 |
* Enteritis is included in 1911.