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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
West Ham 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Week ending. | Temperature. | No. of Rainy Days. | Sum for week, in inches. | Sunshine, in hours. | Mean Barometric reading | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Low- est. | Mean for Week. | Departure from average of 50 years. | ||||||
| Oct. | 6 | 66.7 | 38.1 | 54.2 | + 0.7 | 3 | 0.54 | 30.5 | 29.703 |
| „ | 13 | 73.9 | 40.0 | 55.3 | + 3.9 | 2 | 0.03 | 34.8 | 29.947 |
| „ | 20 | 63.0 | 35.6 | 48.1 | -1.5 | 3 | 0.05 | 21.3 | 29.772 |
| „ | 27 | 57.3 | 37.4 | 47.2 | -0.8 | 4 | 0.30 | 14.0 | 29.832 |
| Nov. | 3 | 65.0 | 39.0 | 52.7 | + 5.9 | 4 | 0.92 | 13.2 | 29.782 |
| „ | 10 | 56.5 | 35.2 | 48.8 | + 3.8 | 5 | 0.41 | 18.8 | 29.567 |
| „ | 17 | 57.6 | 26.8 | 45.0 | + 2.3 | 6 | 0.81 | 6.0 | 29.453 |
| „ | 24 | 49.1 | 33.4 | 42.4 | + 0.2 | 3 | 0.09 | 6.4 | 29.757 |
| Dec. | 1 | 53.0 | 39.3 | 44.9 | + 3.6 | 5 | 0.66 | 7.9 | 29.355 |
| „ | 8 | 56.3 | 37.5 | 47.4 | + 6.4 | 6 | 0.77 | 3.1 | 29.646 |
| „ | 15 | 55.8 | 49.9 | 48.4 | + 8.4 | 3 | 0.21 | 7.2 | 30.029 |
| „ | 22 | 53.9 | 32.3 | 44.5 | + 5.2 | 3 | 0.38 | 23.4 | 29.920 |
| „ | 29 | 53.2 | 30.7 | 42.7 | + 4.3 | 3 | 0.30 | 4.6 | 29.590 |
Phthisis.— During the year 331 deaths occurred from this
disease, making a death-rate of 1.26 per 1,000.
In my last annual report I called especial attention to the
approaching congress, to be held in London, of the National Society for
the Prevention of Consumption, and pointed out the advisability of
taking definite action with a view to the discovery of the causes which
produce the disease or predispose the feeble to acquire it.
The points to which I drew attention were: —
1. Prevention of Sale of Tuberculous milk.
2. Voluntary Notification of Phthisis.
3. Sterilization of Milk supply.
4. Visitation of Cases.
5. Disinfection and Cleansing after Death.
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