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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
Hackney 1867
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE VII.
Per Centages of Deaths in each Quarter, 1857 to 1867.
| Year | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUARTERS. | |||||||||||
| First | 27.5 | 27.7 | 24.4 | 31.8 | 29.2 | 27.1 | 28.3 | 28.2 | 25.7 | 24.6 | 29.4 |
| Second | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 23.5 | 22.4 | 24.1 | 25.1 | 21.8 | 23.5 | 23.3 | 22.9 |
| Third | 24.4 | 21.8 | 27.2 | 20.0 | 24.6 | 20.1 | 24.5 | 22.8 | 23.6 | 27.2 | 23.3 |
| Fourth | 26.7 | 20.2 | 27.0 | 24.7 | 23.8 | 28.7 | 22.1 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 24.9 | 24.4 |
| Totals | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
The Per centages of deaths in each quarter of the year
varied rather more than usual, viz., between 22.9 per cent. in
the second quarter, and 29.4 per cent. in the first. The
excessive mortality during the first three months of the year,
was co-existent with an usually cold January, warm February,
and cold March. In January the thermometer went almost to
Zero on the 4th, when the mean temperature was 23° below the
average. This was followed by a rapid thaw for several days,
and then by another severe frost. January was 4 degrees
below the average; February, 6 degrees above it; March, 4
degrees below it; April, degrees, and May, ½ a degree
above it; June was 1 degree below; July, 2¼ degrees below;
August and September, a little above; October, 2 degrees,
November, 2½ degrees, and December, 3 degrees below
the average of the last 26 years. The average temperature
of the year was, therefore, below the mean of the last
26 years.