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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
Lambeth 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| MONTH | SMOKE (Milligrammes per 100 Cubic Metres) | SULPHUR DIOXIDE (Parts per Hundred Million Parts of Air) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONTHLY AVERAGE | HIGHEST DAILY AVERAGE | MONTHLY AVERAGE | HIGHEST DAILY AVERAGE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| January | 35 | 43 | 46 | 61 | 46 | 76 | 39 | 121 | 143 | 168 | 225 | 172 | 218 | 133 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 74 | 82 | 80 | 94 | 80 | 65 | 65 |
| February | 21 | 41 | 37 | 47 | 37 | 51 | 33 | 93 | 114 | 161 | 200 | 149 | 172 | 117 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 75 | 73 | 93 | 92 | 89 | 65 | 82 |
| March | 10 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 19 | 27 | 48 | 40 | 73 | 52 | 62 | 48 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 26 |
| April | 5 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 37 | 56 | 49 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 24 | 37 | 31 | 22 | 32 |
| May | 3 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 48 | 45 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 22 |
| June | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 34 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
| July | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
| August | 3 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 19 |
| September | 3 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 25 | 34 | 40 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 21 |
| October | 7 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 30 | 26 | 42 | 39 | 50 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 25 |
| November | 16 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 38 | 53 | 32 | 72 | 77 | 142 | 118 | 141 | 198 | 119 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 41 | 43 |
| December | 4 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 54 | 72 | 89 | 83 | 75 | 84 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 25 | 35 |
STATIONS CONTROLLED
BY LAMBETH BOROUGH
COUNCIL : -
1. LAMBETH TOWN HALL
2. LIBRARY, SOUTH LAMBETH
ROAD
3. KENNINGTON SECONDARY
SCHOOL, HACKFORD ROAD
STATIONS CONTROLLED
BY LONDON COUNTY
COUNCIL :-
4. COUNTY HALL, LAB. ROOF
5. ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
6. AMBULANCE STATION,
LANDOR ROAD
7. COUNTY HALL, GROUND FLOOR