Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE 1.
Showing the London Weather and Deaths, and the relative Mortality in Bethnal Green.
METEOROLOGY. | DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||
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1861. Months. | Mean Reading of Barometer. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Mean Dew Point Temperature. | Relative proportion of Wind. | Daily Horizontal Movement of Air. | Amount of Rain in Inches. | in bethnal green. | in london. | |||||||||
Total. | Annual percentage of Deaths in Bethnal Green. | Epidemic. | Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths. | Total. | Annual percentage of London Deaths. | Epidemic. | Percentage of Epidemic to Total Deaths. | ||||||||||
N. | E. | S. | W. | ||||||||||||||
In. | o | o | Miles. | In. | 2.117 or 1 Death in 4723 | 18.65 | 2.317 or 1 Death in 4315 | 18.79 | |||||||||
January | 30.011 | 33.9 | 30.1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 174 | 0.5 | 256 | 37 | 7123 | 944 | ||||
February | 29.686 | 42.1 | 39.4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 248 | 1.8 | 207 | 40 | 5649 | 820 | ||||
March | 29.614 | 43.8 | 41.2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 348 | 2.2 | 199 | 27 | 6193 | 986 | ||||
April | 29.999 | 44.3 | 40.2 | 9 | 14 | 2 | ,5 | 189 | 0.8 | 151 | 2,7 | 4821 | 721 | ||||
May | 29.924 | 51.9 | 43.6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 201 | 1.8 | 183 | 26 | 6026 | 1021 | ||||
June | 29.782 | 59.1 | 53.1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 196 | 1.9 | 145 | 33 | 4391 | 768 | ||||
July | 29.606 | 60.9 | 53.7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 277 | 2.2 | 147 | 29 | 4527 | 1080 | ||||
August | 29.865 | 63.2 | 55.2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 270 | 0.6 | 220 | 57 | 5940 | 1652 | ||||
September | 29.717 | 57.1 | 50.7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 215 | 1.5 | 142 | ?8 | 4465 | 1070 | ||||
October | 29.842 | 5.9 | 51.4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 180 | 0.9 | 166 | 34 | 4411 | 960 | ||||
November | 29.561 | 40.8 | 37.1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 320 | 5.2 | 233 | 45 | 6475 | 1295 | ||||
December | 29.974 | 41.0 | 37.3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 220 | 1.3 | 176 | 32 | 4979 | 899 | ||||
Totals of year | 29.798 | 49.4 | 44.4 | 64 | 67 | 97 | 137 | ... | 20.7 | 2225 | 415 | 65001 | 12216 |