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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
Clerkenwell 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St James & St John]
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DEATHS IN CLERKENWELL DURING THE THIRTEEN WEEKS, OR FIRST QUARTER OF 1856,
ENDING ON MARCH 29TH .
| Jan. 5th. | Jan. 12th. | Jan. 19th. | Jan. 26th. | Feb. 2nd. | Feb. 9th. | Feb. 18th. | Feb. 23rd. | March 1st. | March 8th. | March 15th. | March 22nd. | March 29th. | Total. | Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from all causes | 22 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 35 | 25 | 36 | 33 | 331 | 554 |
| Average of 10 years | 33 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 33 | 414 | |
| small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | |
| Hooping-cough | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 29 | |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | |
| Total | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 55 | |
| Mean temperature | 42.2 | 36.4 | 38.7 | 44.5 | 33.5 | 41 | 47 | 35.6 | 43.8 | 38.3 | 36.3 | 42.8 | 37.7 | ||
| Average of 10 years | 38.3 | 38.7 | 39.1 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 44 | 36.1 | 40.4 | 40.8 | 40.3 | 41.8 | 41 | 42.6 |
Deaths in General and Special Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums, 28.
RETORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH