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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 F.
DIARRHŒEA, INFANTILE MORTALITY, AND TEMPERATURE OF SUMMER QUARTER IN
LONDON AND WOOLWICH.
| Average 1901-4 | Average 1915-10 | 1911 | 1912 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Death Rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis in summer quarter per 1,000 living.1 | London | 2.27 | 1.40 | 3.82 | Annual Death Rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) per 1,000 births. | London | 22.71 |
| Woolwich | 2.30 | 0.97 | 2.87† | Woolwich | 2.92 | ||
| Max. weekly average Temperature of 3ft. ground thermometer in 13 weeks of summer quarter | - | 62.72 | 62.61 | 67.06 | Max. weekly average Temperature of 3ft. ground thermometer in 13 weeks of summer quarter | - | 63.65 |
| Average Temperature of 3ft. ground thermometer in summer quarter | - | 60.84 | 60.30 | 64.01 | Average Temperature of 3ft. ground thermometer in summer quarter | - | 60.24 |
*In and after 1911 deaths under two years only are included.
†If deaths over two years were included, this figure would bo 3.64, and the figure for London would also
be increased.