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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 1912
[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 1912.
| Week. Date of Ending. 1912. | Temperature of the Air. | Average Temperature 3ft. 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. | Under 2. Diarrhoea & Enteritis | Bronchitis and Pneumonia | All Causes. | ||||||
| Jan. 6 | 51.3 | 371 | 45.7+ | 46.64 | 90 | 4 | 0.76 | 1 | 4 | 30 | |
| 13 | 51.0 | 29.1 | 41.9+ | 45.84 | 91 | 4 | 0.45 | - | 5 | 35 | |
| 20 | 48.4 | 31.4 | 40.2+ | 45.24 | 94 | 5 | 0.93 | - | 3 | 29 | |
| 27 | 48.0 | 28.4 | 38.9- | 44.44 | 92 | 4 | 0.88 | 1 | 5 | 34 | |
| Feb. 3 | 39.0 | 191 | 30.0- | 42.34 | 69 | 2 | 0.02 | - | 7 | 43 | |
| 10 | 53.0 | 20.2 | 39.5+ | 40.41 | 86 | 5 | 0.52 | 1 | 12 | 42 | |
| 17 | 58.0 | 381 | 45.5+ | 42.39 | 86 | 5 | 0.44 | - | 8 | 42 | |
| 24 | 55.3 | 32.1 | 47.4+ | 44.17 | 88 | 6 | 0.65 | - | 5 | 25 | |
| Mar. 2 | 59.5 | 35.2 | 49.8+ | 45.80 | 81 | 5 | 0.52 | 1 | 2 | 29 | |
| 9 | 54.1 | 340 | 44.6+ | 46.08 | 80 | 6 | 0.79 | - | 3 | 19 | |
| 16 | 60.6 | 33.5 | 451 + | 45.41 | 91 | 3 | 0.19 | - | 3 | 22 | |
| 23 | 55.1 | 31.3 | 42.7+ | 45.53 | 89 | 7 | 1.08 | - | 6 | 27 | |
| 30 | 61.9 | 38.2 | 510+ | 46.38 | 73 | 1 | 0.05 | - | 3 | 38 | |
| 1st Quarter | 61.9 | 191 | 43.3 | 11+ | 44.67 | 85 | 57 | 7.28 | 4 | 66 | 415 |
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| April 6 | 67.7 | 32.5 | 48.0+ | 46.75 | 78 | 2 | 0.07 | - | 3 | 28 | |
| 13 | 64.2 | 32.4 | 45.6- | 47.72 | 67 | 1 | 0.02 | - | 6 | 30 | |
| 20 | 69.9 | 33.1 | 500+ | 47.60 | 67 | - | 0.00 | - | 5 | 49 | |
| 27 | 71.3 | 37.2 | 52.6+ | 49.16 | 65 | - | 0.00 | - | 5 | 24 | |
| May 4 | 70.7 | 36.1 | 50.1 + | 50.11 | 71 | 3 | 0.21 | - | 6 | 33 | |
| 11 | 82.6 | 50.3 | 59.7+ | 51.90 | 75 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 7 | 26 | |
| 18 | 72.0 | 43.2 | 55.2+ | 54.41 | 69 | 3 | 0.69 | - | r> | 26 | |
| 25 | 72.0 | 38.6 | 54.1- | 54.87 | 75 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 3 | 26 | |
| June 1 | 77.0 | 36.1 | 57.0+ | 55.31 | 68 | 1 | 0.17 | - | 2 | 24 | |
| 8 | 69.5 | 41.5 | 54.2- | 56.17 | 81 | 6 | 0.99 | - | 2 | 25 | |
| 15 | 71.0 | 44.5 | 58.1- | 56.73 | 72 | 5 | 0.39 | - | 2 | 24 | |
| 22 | 84.3 | 48.2 | 61.7+ | 58.11 | 69 | 2 | 0.65 | - | 5 | 32 | |
| 29 | 75.8 | 50.9 | 60.2- | 59.95 | 73 | 5 | 0.30 | - | - | 25 | |
| 2nd Quarter | 84.3 | 32.4 | 54.3 | 8+ | 52.98 | 72 | 33 | 3.74 | 2 | 52 | 372 |
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| July 6 | 74.0 | 51.1 | 58.7- | 59.73 | 80 | 4 | 0.36 | - | 5 | 24 | |
| 13 | 90.0 | 49.6 | 67.0+ | 60.75 | 70 | 3 | 0.20 | - | 2 | 30 | |
| 20 | 88.1 | 48.1 | 65.8+ | 63.65 | 69 | 1 | 0.04 | - | 1 | 17 | |
| 27 | 81.6 | 49.2 | 64.8+ | 63.22 | 72 | 3 | 0.16 | - | 1 | 22 | |
| Aug. 3 | 72.0 | 42.2 | 57.8- | 63.09 | 76 | 5 | 0.54 | - | - | 21 | |
| 10 | 73.0 | 47.6 | 57.6- | 61.57 | 81 | 6 | 1.26 | 1 | 1 | 21 | |
| 17 | 70.1 | 44.1 | 56.2- | 60.48 | 77 | 4 | 0.23 | - | 5 | 22 | |
| 24 | 70.0 | 47.1 | 57.2- | 60.22 | 83 | 7 | 1.27 | - | I | 15 | |
| 31 | 70.1 | 42.1 | 56.9- | 59.74 | 80 | 2 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
| Sept. 7 | 69.1 | 42.2 | 54.8- | 59.08 | 75 | 2 | 0.21 | - | 3 | 18 | |
| 14 | 67.0 | 43.2 | 52.4- | 58.01 | 80 | 1 | 0.02 | - | - | 21 | |
| 21 | 63.1 | 41.1 | 53.6- | 57.38 | 80 | - | 0.00 | - | - | 23 | |
| 28 | 64.0 | 37.2 | 51.5- | 56.20 | 72 | 1 | 0.02 | - | 4 | 21 | |
| 3rd Quarter | 90.0 | 37.2 | 58.0 | 10- | 60.24 | 76 | 39 | 5.64 | 2 | 24 | 275 |
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| Oct. 5 | 63.9 | 29.9 | 48.8- | 55.11 | 83 | 4 | 2.30 | - | 2 | 23 | |
| 12 | 63.0 | 29.4 | 46.0- | 52.62 | 86 | - | 0.00 | - | 4 | 21 | |
| 19 | 65.7 | 34.3 | 49.8+ | 51.93 | 84 | 4 | 0.13 | - | 5 | 21 | |
| 20 | 59.0 | 33.0 | 45.4- | 51.35 | 87 | 5 | 0.88 | - | 1 | 31 | |
| Nov. 2 | 60.3 | 32.1 | 49.1 + | 51.17 | 80 | 4 | 0.55 | 1 | - | 16 | |
| q | 56.5 | 28.7 | 47.2+ | 49.54 | 90 | 1 | 0.18 | - | 2 | 21 | |
| 16 | 50.9 | 36.4 | 43.3- | 49.31 | 83 | 5 | 0.17 | - | 3 | 32 | |
| 23 | 55.8 | 34.2 | 46.2+ | 48.30 | 85 | 4 | 0.31 | 1 | 4 | 29 | |
| 30 | 52.9 | 29.3 | 40.4- | 48.04 | 84 | 4 | ] l)ti | - | 8 | 28 | |
| Dec. 7 | 52.1 | 26.2 | 42.4+ | 45.70 | 89 | 4 | 0.31 | - | 4 | 28 | |
| 14 | 56.5 | 40.2 | 49.0+ | 46.58 | 87 | 5 | 0.62 | - | 7 | 29 | |
| 21 | 55.0 | 34.4 | 44.4+ | 47.11 | 85 | 4 | 0.59 | 1 | 4 | 28 | |
| 28 | 56.3 | 38.2 | 481 + | 46.85 | 88 | 6 | 1.22 | 5 | 35 | ||
| 4th Quarter | 65.7 | 26.2 | 46.1 | 8+ | 49.58 | 85 | 50 | 8.32 | 3 | 49 | 342 |
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| Year | 90.0 | 19.1 | 50.4 | 37+ | 51.87 | 79 | 179 | 24.98 | 11 | 191 | 1404 |
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