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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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I give below a composite Table (No. 52) showing certain
meteorological observations taken at Greenwich; the number
of cases of summer diarrhœa, and the number of death occurring
in the five months, June, July, August, September and
October.
TABLE 52.
| Weeks ending 1921. | Meteorological Observations. | Zymotic Enteritis. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature 4 feet below ground. | Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. | Number of days on which rain fell. | Rainfall in inches. | Number of cases notified under 2 years of age. | Total Notifications. | Number of deaths under 2 years of age. | Total deaths. | ||
| June 4 | 51.5 | — 0.2 | 3 | 0.33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 11 | 52.4 | — 0.8 | 1 | 001 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 18 | 53.4 | + 1.9 | .. | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| 25 | 54.2 | + 0.5 | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| July 2 | 551 | — 2.3 | 1 | 0.23 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| 9 | 55.9 | + 21 | .. | 000 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | 57.3 | + 7.8 | .. | 000 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| 23 | 58.5 | + 8.1 | 1 | 0.08 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 3 | |
| 30 | 59.6 | + 4.7 | 3 | 0.07 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 4 | |
| August 6 | 599 | + 2.5 | 3 | 017 | 43 | 69 | 4 | 4 | |
| 13 | 59.6 | — 0.2 | 3 | 014 | 50 | 71 | 4 | 6 | |
| 20 | 59.3 | + 2.4 | 2 | 0.34 | 43 | 64 | 3 | 5 | |
| 27 | 59.3 | + 10 | 2 | 003 | 23 | 54 | 7 | 8 | |
| Sept. 3 | 59.2 | + 10 | .. | 0.00 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 7 | |
| 10 | 590 | + 4.5 | 1 | 001 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 4 | |
| 17 | 58.8 | + 1.4 | 4 | 1.81 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 4 | |
| 24 | 58.2 | + 4.8 | .. | 0.00 | 6 | 10 | .. | .. | |
| Oct. 1 | 57.9 | + 0.2 | .. | 0.00 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| 8 | 57.4 | + 13.6 | 1 | 0.01 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 57.7 | + 8.9 | 2 | 0.40 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | |
| 22 | 56.7 | + 7.3 | 4 | 0.36 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | |
| 29 | 55.4 | + 0.4 | 1 | 0.02 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
| 288 | 451 | 46 | 57 | ||||||