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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 THIRD QUARTER OF 1856,
ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 27 th.
| July 5th. | July 12th. | July 19th. | July 26th. | August 2nd. | August 9th. | August 16th. | August 23rd. | August 30th. | Sept. 6th. | Sept. 13 th. | Sept. 20th. | Sept. 27th. | Total. | Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from all causes | 26 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 27 | 34 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 320 | 515 |
| Average of 10 years | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 32 | 383 | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |
| Scarlet fever | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 16 | |
| Hooping-cough | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 38 | |
| Typhus | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 79 | |
| Mean temperature | 592 | 57.6 | 60.1 | 64.2 | 67.6 | 66.1 | 66.9 | 57.8 | 61 | 57.5 | 58.7 | 53.7 | 52.9 | ||
| 61.3 | 63.4 | 63 | 62 | 62.5 | 62.9 | 61.4 | 61.2 | 60.9 | 59.3 | 57.5 | 57.2 | 56.1 |
Deaths In General and Special Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums, 23.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH