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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 1914
[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 1914.
| 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. | |||||
| 1914. | ||||||||||
| January 10 | 55.4 | 29.1 | 43.7+ | 43.41 | 86 | 4 | 0.39 | — | 16 | 49 |
| „ 17 | 42.1 | 29.3 | 34.8— | 43.60 | 80 | 3 | 0.03 | — | 12 | 35 |
| „ 24 | 38.1 | 19.9 | 32.2— | 42.10 | 77 | 1 | 0.01 | — | 9 | 46 |
| „ 31 | 52.5 | 33.0 | 43.6+ | 41.24 | 88 | 4 | 0.07 | — | 7 | 41 |
| February 7 | 56.6 | 36.6 | 46.4+ | 43.23 | 82 | 2 | 0.16 | — | 9 | 39 |
| „ 14 | 59.0 | 38.6 | 47.9+ | 44.07 | 85 | 5 | 1.10 | 1 | 9 | 33 |
| „ 21 | 55.6 | 33.1 | 43.0+ | 44.87 | 84 | 6 | 0.74 | — | 2 | 29 |
| „ 28 | 55.7 | 29.2 | 41.8+ | 43.99 | 80 | 1 | 0.44 | — | 7 | 30 |
| March 7 | 57.0 | 33.6 | 45.8+ | 43.59 | 79 | 4 | 0.35 | — | 2 | 28 |
| „ 14 | 57 5 | 29.3 | 43.9+ | 44.39 | 84 | 7 | 2.21 | — | 6 | 23 |
| „ 21 | 51.0 | 31.9 | 40.5— | 44.36 | 82 | 7 | 0.96 | 1 | 8 | 41 |
| „ 28 | 56.8 | 27.8 | 42.3— | 43.19 | 78 | 6 | 0.31 | — | 8 | 33 |
| April 4 | 66.8 | 38.2 | 50.0+ | 44.45 | 77 | 4 | 0.18 | 1 | 7 | 53 |
| 1st Quarter | 66.8 | 19.9 | 42.7 | 43.57 | 92 | 54 | 6.95 | 3 | 102 | 480 |
| April 11 | 60.8 | 36.0 | 48.2+ | 46.12 | 76 | 7 | 1.02 | — | 8 | 39 |
| „ 18 | 66.3 | 33.9 | 49.1+ | 46.90 | 68 | — | 0.00 | — | 5 | 35 |
| „ 25 | 73.6 | 37.1 | 53.4+ | 48.14 | 63 | 3 | 0.03 | — | 1 | 31 |
| May 2 | 69.6 | 31.7 | 49.1+ | 49.48 | 71 | — | 0.00 | — | 8 | 33 |
| „ 9 | 66.9 | 40.2 | 52.0+ | 50.26 | 74 | 5 | 0.97 | — | 7 | 41 |
| „ 16 | 70.2 | 39.4 | 51.4— | 50.62 | 74 | 1 | 0.05 | — | 1 | 22 |
| „ 23 | 83.4 | 42.3 | 60.7+ | 52.66 | 67 | 2 | 0.35 | — | 7 | 26 |
| „ 30 | 66.3 | 46.3 | 50.4— | 53.94 | 72 | 2 | 0.26 | — | 2 | 30 |
| June 6 | 73.3 | 44.7 | 55.4— | 54.34 | 74 | 2 | 0.26 | — | 3 | 28 |
| „13 | 77.6 | 40.3 | 55.7— | 54.70 | 74 | 4 | 0.65 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| „ 20 | 83.4 | 45.5 | 62.2+ | 56.78 | 75 | 2 | 0.34 | — | 4 | 24 |
| „ 27 | 80.8 | 45.7 | 60.6— | 58.60 | 67 | 2 | 0.28 | — | 3 | 30 |
| July 4 | 92.1 | 48.2 | 67.7+ | 60.65 | 64 | 2 | 0.09 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| 2nd Quarter | 92.1 | 31.7 | 55.0 | 52.55 | 71 | 32 | 4.30 | 2 | 56 | 395 |
| July 11 | 81.8 | 45.2 | 62.3— | 61.45 | 76 | 3 | 0.64 | — | 3 | 24 |
| „ 18 | 83.8 | 53.0 | 65.8 + | 62.65 | 70 | 3 | 0.33 | — | 5 | 29 |
| „25 | 78.0 | 61.2 | 62.5 | 63.24 | 72 | 6 | 0.31 | — | 4 | 26 |
| August 1 | 81.6 | 48.1 | 59.8— | 61.80 | 70 | 4 | 0.13 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| „8 | 73.2 | 46.3 | 59.5— | 61.78 | 84 | 5 | 0.88 | — | 3 | 25 |
| „15 | 79.4 | 48.8 | 64.0+ | 61.80 | 73 | 2 | 0.02 | — | 3 | 31 |
| „ 22 | 77.8 | 47.1 | 62.1+ | 62.19 | 67 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| „ 29 | 83.7 | 52.1 | 64.4+ | 62.43 | 77 | 2 | 0.17 | 3 | 4 | 30 |
| September 5 | 82.0 | 45.9 | 63.4+ | 62.48 | 75 | — | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | 30 |
| „ 12 | 81.0 | 58.6 | 62.4+ | 62.40 | 73 | 3 | 0.47 | 3 | 6 | 28 |
| „ 19 | 72.5 | 47.6 | 57.1— | 61.14 | 69 | 2 | 0.14 | 5 | 4 | 37 |
| „ 26 | 73.9 | 35.3 | 52.5— | 58.87 | 73 | 1 | 0.12 | 2 | 5 | 36 |
| October 3 | 68.6 | 33.8 | 53.8— | 57.34 | 75 | — | 0.00 | 3 | 9 | 35 |
| 3rd Quarter | 83.8 | 33.8 | 60.7 | 61.51 | 73 | 32 | 3.22 | 20 | 54 | 382 |
| October 10 | 63.4 | 36.0 | 52.9— | 56.62 | 74 | — | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| „ 17 | 61.0 | 35.2 | 51.3— | 55.82 | 88 | 3 | 0.19 | — | 7 | 25 |
| „ 24 | 62.7 | 42.2 | 51.6+ | 55.19 | 86 | 3 | 0.13 | — | 3 | 34 |
| „ 31 | 62.0 | 35.0 | 50.6+ | — | — | — | 0.64 | — | — | 30 |
| November 7 | 62.0 | 41.0 | 51.8+ | — | — | — | 0.43 | — | 4 | 32 |
| „ 14 | 59.0 | 39.0 | 49.1+ | — | — | — | 0.43 | — | 6 | 31 |
| „ 21 | 54.0 | 29.0 | 38.7— | — | — | — | 0.70 | — | 5 | 20 |
| „ 28 | 52.0 | 34.0 | 42.1— | — | — | — | 0.66 | 1 | 4 | 30 |
| December 5 | 56.0 | 36.0 | 48.3+ | — | — | — | 0.97 | — | 1 | 35 |
| „ 12 | 56.0 | 33.0 | 43.5+ | — | — | — | 2.06 | — | 3 | 28 |
| „ 19 | 51.0 | 35.0 | 44.0+ | — | — | — | 1.31 | — | 8 | 34 |
| „ 26 | 48.0 | 27.0 | 36.4— | — | — | — | 0.56 | — | 3 | 31 |
| January 2 | 53.0 | 30.0 | 41.5+ | — | — | — | 1.83 | — | 20 | 70 |
| 4th Quarter | 63.4 | 27.0 | 46.3 | — | — | — | 9.91 | 2 | 69 | 422 |
| Year | 92.1 | 19.9 | 51.18 | — | — | — | 24.38 | 27 | 281 | 1679 |