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Weather and public health in Nottingham 1905–1926 1
Author(s) -
Wilson John
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.1923
Subject(s) - environmental science , geography , hot weather , meteorology , demography , sociology
This study describes the effect of a significant improvement in public health '96 the change from pail closets to flushable water closets '96 in a large city in relation to warm or hot weather. Prior to 1916, most houses in Nottingham had pail closets for the removal of human waste. The paper shows that, during the period 1905 to 1916, there was a significant correlation between high summer temperatures and infant deaths from diarrhoea. After 1919, when flush water closets were installed in almost all homes, there was no such correlation. The paper also discusses the use of a modified form of degree‐days as a tool in investigations of this kind.