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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
Whitechapel 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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lowest mean weekly temperature was for the week ended Sth
December, 33.6°. The coldest days during the corresponding
Quarter of the previous year were Sunday, 10th December, Monday,
11th December, and Tuesday, 12th December, when the thermometer
indicated respectively 23.6°, 22.2°, and 22.9°.
The results of the meteorological observations are to be understood
as applying to the civil day, or from midnight to midnight.
| Nature of Fever. | Date of admission into Infirmary. | Where admitted from. | Length of time in Infirmary. | Whether Patients had Fever on admisn | Date of sending to Fever Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T able of W eekly M ortality, &c., in L ondon and in the W hitechapel D istrict.
| Week ended | Deaths in London. | Deaths in Wchpl. District | Rainfall. Inches. | Mean Temperature of the air. Degrees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Diarrhoea and . Dysentery | From Fever. | From Small-pox. | From all causes. | From Smallpox. | From all causes. | ||||
| 6 | 48 | 22 | 3 | 1252 | 0 | 31 | 0.66 | 47.7 | |
| ” | 13 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 1438 | 0 | 24 | 0.00 | 51.4 |
| ” | 20 | 38 | 25 | 0 | 1408 | 0 | 51 | 1.03 | 51.3 |
| ” | 27 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 1450 | 0 | 46 | 0.16 | 50.9 |
| 3 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 1440 | 0 | 40 | 0.02 | 49.0 | |
| ” | 10 | 27 | 39 | 2 | 1556 | 0 | 33 | 1.00 | 44.1 |
| ” | 17 | 19 | 40 | 0 | 1681 | 0 | 34 | 0.31 | 39.4 |
| ” | 24 | 17 | 35 | 1 | 1670 | 0 | 40 | 0.71 | 43.9 |
| 1 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 1655 | 0 | 31 | 0.83 | 46.3 | |
| ” | 8 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 1628 | 0 | 0.05 | 37.8 | |
| ” | 15 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 1722 | 0 | 56 | 0.53 | 44.0 |
| ” | 22 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 1609 | 0 | 49 | 0.09 | 40.9 |
| ” | 29 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1503 | 0 | 39 | 0.09 | 40.0 |