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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

Lewisham 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: The Amount of Mortality for the Limehouse District, and for each of the Twenty-six Weeks ending at Lady Day, 1860—with Mean Degree of Thermometer.

The Amount of Mortality for the Limehouse District, and for each of the Twenty-six Weeks ending at Lady Day, 1860—with Mean Degree of Thermometer.

Mean degree of Thermometer.Deaths for the Week endingLimehonse.RatcliffShad well.Wapping.Total.
58.7Octobcr 11241118
62.1„ 87106528
55.3„ 15483217
48.3„ 2220529
38.6„ 299113326
47.6November 5493420
43.7126123223
37.6„ 191187632
41.1„ 26874322
37.3December 31085225
41.3„ 1011103226
28.6„ 171175225
33.„ 241886739
45.3„ 312153433
43.5January 714125233
37.9„ 14685221
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