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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 SECOND QUARTER OF 1856,
ENDING ON JUNE 28th.
| April 6th. | April 12th. | April 19th. | April 26th. | May 3rd. | May 10th. | May 17 th. | May 24th. | May 3l8t. | June 7th. | June 14th. | June 21st. | June 28th. | Total. | Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from all causes | 31 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 46 | 29 | 19 | 30 | 27 | 365 | 563 |
| Average of 10 years | 33 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 361 | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Measles | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 18 | |
| Scarlet fever | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Hooping-cough | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
| Typhus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 16 | |
| Total | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 6 | 4 | 65 | ||
| Mean temperature | 46.4 | 47.1 | 46 | 48.5 | 41.3 | 44.3 | 51.2 | 53.1 | 53.3 | 56.7 | 59.1 | 55.6 | 63.4 | ||
| Average of 10 years | 45.2 | 45.5 | 46.8 | 45.5 | 47.8 | 50.1 | 51.9 | 55.5 | 56.2 | 57.3 | 57.6 | 59.2 | 60 | ||
Deaths in General and Special Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums, 28.
UPON THE SANITARY STATE OF CLERKENWELL.
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