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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 1913
[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 1913.
| Week 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. | Under 2, Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | All causes. | |||||
| 1913. | ||||||||||
| January 4 | 51.2 | 32.1 | 44.6 + | 46.80 | 86 | 4 | 0.15 | 1 | 8 | 38 |
| ,, 11 | 51.4 | 33.1 | 42.1 + | 46.18 | 93 | 3 | 0 66 | - | - | 24. |
| ,, 18 | 48.1 | 26.2 | 38.5 + | 44.49 | 88 | 5 | 0.66 | 1 | 9 | 36 |
| ,,25 | 52.1 | 32.0 | 42.3 + | 43.63 | 89 | 6 | 0.70 | - | 6 | 29 |
| February 1 | 50.2 | 28.1 | 39 6+ | 43.63 | 90 | 5 | 0.78 | 1 | 8 | 42 |
| ,, 8 | 55.0 | 33.3 | 46.7 + | 43.78 | 81 | 3 | 0.26 | - | - | 42 |
| ,, 15 | 53 5 | 30.2 | 40.6 + | 44.51 | 92 | 3 | 0.19 | - | 4 | 29 |
| ,, 22 | 46.0 | 27.8 | 36.0— | 42.87 | 75 | 2 | 0.04 | - | 12 | 4.1 |
| March 1 | 530 | 24 2 | 41.3 + | 41.92 | 75 | 2 | 0.08 | - | 6 | 32 |
| ,, 8 | 59 0 | 33.4 | 46.7 + | 43 35 | 78 | 4 | 0.24 | - | 9 | 43 |
| ,, 15 | 56.2 | 29.0 | 45.4 + | 44.33 | 82 | 2 | 0.28 | - | 11 | 39 |
| ,, 22 | 56.8 | 28.2 | 43 .0+ | 44.16 | 77 | 6 | 1.42 | - | 7 | 38 |
| ,, 29 | 56.7 | 29.0 | 43.4 + | 44.13 | 85 | 6 | 0.49 | — | 6 | 37 |
| 1st Quarter | 59.0 | 24.2 | 42.3 | 44.14 | 84 | 51 | 5.95 | 3 | 103 | 466 |
| April 5 | 57.0 | 330 | 45.5— | 44. 73 | 81 | 4 | 0.33 | - | 6 | 24. |
| ,, 12 | 55.0 | 33.2 | 42.0— | 45.19 | 75 | 3 | 0.53 | - | 5 | 32 |
| ,, 19 | 57.9 | 290 | 44.4— | 44.89 | 75 | 5 | 0.50 | - | 5 | 28 |
| ,,26 | 67.2 | 33.1 | 50.6+ | 46.47 | 75 | 4 | 0 32 | - | 5 | 43 |
| May 3 | 64.9 | 39.6 | 52.0 + | 48.57 | 78 | 6 | 0.60 | - | 6 | 25 |
| ,, 10 | 63.2 | 36.3 | 49. 9+ | 49.40 | 80 | 7 | 0.62 | - | 6 | 33 |
| ,, 17 | 70.6 | 39.4 | 53.7 + | 50.51 | 73 | 2 | 0.05 | - | 2 | 19 |
| ,, 24 | 74.9 | 37.1 | 54.4 + | 51.70 | 71 | 2 | 0 .02 | - | 5 | 30 |
| ,, 31 | 83.5 | 45.2 | 64 9 + | 55.07 | 67 | 2 | 0.40 | - | 1 | 26 |
| June 7 | 79.1 | 42.2 | 58.0— | 57.18 | 74 | 2 | 0.12 | - | 6 | 26 |
| ,, 14 | 70.7 | 43.1 | 56.9— | 57 08 | 73 | 1 | 0.14 | - | 2 | 26 |
| ,, 21 | 871 | 43.8 | 62.3 + | 58.47 | 68 | 1 | 0.41 | - | - | 18 |
| ,, 28 | 78.3 | 47.1 | 59.2— | 59.29 | 69 | 3 | 0.06 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| 2nd Quarter | 87.1 | 29.0 | 53.4 | 51.43 | 74 | 42 | 4.10 | 1 | 51 | 345 |
| July 5 | 79.5 | 49.1 | 59 9— | 59.82 | 75 | 4 | 0.21 | - | 3 | 14 |
| ,, 12 | 75.8 | 46.2 | 57 2— | 59 40 | 78 | 3 | 1 .33 | - | 2 | 25 |
| ,, 19 | 73.8 | 51.2 | 60 0— | 59.61 | 85 | 5 | 0.52 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| ,, 26 | 71.3 | 48.7 | 57.5— | 5945 | 78 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| August 2 | 75.0 | 50 1 | 59.5— | 59.73 | 81 | - | 0.00 | 1 | - | 13 |
| ,, 9 | 75.2 | 45.4 | 571— | 60 24 | 73 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| ,, 16 | 750 | 49.3 | 60.7— | 60.10 | 75 | 4 | 0.14 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| ,, 23 | 80 0 | 49.2 | 60.9— | 60.58 | 74 | 1 | 0.36 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| ,, 30 | 79.2 | 45.0 | 62 8 + | 60.62 | 76 | 4 | 0.51 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| September 6 | 680 | 53.5 | 59.1— | 60.63 | 91 | 4 | 1.43 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| ,, 13 | 71.6 | 45.3 | 58.0— | 59 96 | 79 | 1 | 0.06 | 3 | 1 | |
| ,, 20 | 70 9 | 421 | 549— | 59 03 | 82 | 6 | 0.60 | 6 | 1 | 29 |
| ,, 27 | 77.4 | 46.0 | 60.2 + | 58.46 | 82 | 2 | 0.13 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 3rd Quarter | 800 | 42.1 | 59.1 | 59.82 | 79 | 36 | 543 | 35 | 23 | 310 |
| October 4 | 70.9 | 48 1 | 585 + | 58.75 | 84 | 1 | 0.22 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| ,, 11 | 63.2 | 42 1 | 52 9 + | 57.84 | 85 | 4 | 1 .28 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| ,, 18 | 64.2 | 389 | 52.8 + | 56 30 | 85 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
| ,, 25 | 61.9 | 36.1 | 49.3 + | 55.31 | 90 | 2 | 0.57 | - | 5 | 37 |
| November 1 | 64.2 | 43.6 | 54.1 + | 54 25 | 84 | 6 | 0.57 | - | 6 | 37 |
| ,, 8 | 59 2 | 36.1 | 48.3 + | 53.53 | 81 | 6 | 1.27 | - | 5 | 28 |
| ,, 15 | 59.1 | 36.0 | 49.0+ | 51.92 | 86 | 5 | 1 .50 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
| ,,22 | 59.5 | 31.7 | 48.9 + | 5115 | 80 | 3 | 0.63 | - | 4 | 28 |
| ,, 29 | 57 0 | 276 | 46.3 + | 50 01 | 89 | 1 | 0.03 | - | 4 | 24 |
| December 6 | 54.0 | 350 | 46.8 + | 49.93 | 83 | 6 | 0.31 | - | 7 | 31 |
| ,, 13 | 54.6 | 36.9 | 462 + | 48.80 | 82 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| ,, 20 | 50.5 | 32.1 | 42.8 + | 48.12 | 81 | 0.01 | — | 6 | 26 | |
| ,,27 | 51 0 | 30 2 | 39.2 + | 46.24 | 83 | 4 | 0.53 | — | 9 5 | 34 31 |
| 4th Quarter | 70.9 | 276 | 48.8 | 52.47 | 84 | 41 | 6 89 | 8 | 66 | 396 |
| Year | 87.1 | 24.2 | 509 | 51.96 | 80 | 170 | 22.37 | 47 | 243 | 1517 |