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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
Kingston upon Thames 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| 23. Diarœa, etc, (under two years) | 3 | 2 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 3 | 2 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | — |
| 26. Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | 1 | — |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | 4 | 4 |
| 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 2 | 4 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 1 |
| 30. Other Puerperal Causes | — | — |
| 31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 4 | 3 |
| 32. Senility | 15 | 19 |
| 33. Suicide | 4 | 1 |
| 34. Other Violence | 10 | 12 |
| 35. Other Defined Diseases | 20 | 15 |
| 36. Causes Ill-defined or Unknown | — | — |
| Special Causes (included in No. 35 above):— | ||
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — |
(iv) Social Conditions.
Natural and Social Conditions were described in the
Annual Report for 1925.
METEOROLOGY, 1932.
| Temperature of Air | Raiufall Inches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | Lowest | Mean Max. | Mean Min. | ||
| January | 59 | 27 | 49 | 37 | 1.46 |
| February | 52 | 26 | 43 | 32 | 0.11 |
| March | 65 | 20 | 51 | 31 | 1.19 |
| April | 68 | 29 | 56 | 39 | 1.94 |
| May | 78 | 32 | 65 | 45 | 4.31 |
| June | 83 | 39 | 74 | 50 | 0.83 |
| July | 88 | 44 | 76 | 55 | 1.96 |
| August | 93 | 48 | 76 | 55 | 0.64 |
| September | 82 | 40 | 65 | 49 | 1.93 |
| October | 67 | 30 | 59 | 43 | 4.85 |
| November | 60 | 28 | 50 | 40 | 1.02 |
| December | 56 | 24 | 47 | 36 | 0.20 |
| 20.44 | |||||
The average annual rainfall (Greenwich) for the hundred
years, 1821-1920, was 24.39 inches,