[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich].

  • Woolwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1902]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    71. The number of deaths from Alcoholism (cirrhosis of liver not included) per 1000 population was 0.16 in the Borough and 0.15 in the County, and the mortality from cirrhosis of liver in the Borough (0.28) actually exceeded that from all liver diseases in the County (0.26). Meteorology. 72. The mean temperature at Greenwich in the Winter quarter was 2o.0 P. below the average and in the three ensuing quarters 1°.0, l°.9 and 0o.2 respectively above the average. The rainfall was 3.67 inches in the winter quarter, 5.09 in the Spring, 5.10 in the Summer and 6.3 in the Autumn, being below the average in the Spring, Summer and Autumn, and as much as 2.07 inches below in the Summer. The temperature in the Summer though above the average, was not so high as in the two or three preceding Summer quarters.