Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RECORDING TABLE
Constituents | JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | ||||||
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WATER | 15. 27 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres | 0.60 in. rain Tons per square mile | 3.49 mm. rain Grams pet 100 sq. metres | 0.14 in. rain Tons per square mile | 24.54 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres | 0.97 in. rain Tons per square mile | 36.45 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres | 1.44 in. rain Tons per square mile | 19.21 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres | 0.76 in. rain Tons per square mile | 6. 45 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres | 0.25 in. rain Tons per square mile |
TOTAL WATER - | ||||||||||||
INSOLUBLE MATTER | 321 | 8.19 | 651 | 16.61 | 938 | 23.93 | 829 | 21.14 | 288 | 7.35 | 241 | 6.14 |
Soluble in CS2 | 5 | 0.13 | 12 | 0.30 | 17 | 0.44 | 5 | 0.13 | 3 | 0.07 | 3 | 0.07 |
Ash | 261 | 6.64 | 483 | 12.32 | 808 | 20.61 | 733 | 18.69 | 220 | 5.60 | 203 | 5.17 |
Other Combustible matter | 56 | 1.41 | 157 | 3.99 | 113 | 2.89 | 91 | 2.32 | 66 | 1.68 | 36 | 0.91 |
TOTAL WATER -SOLUBLE MATTER | 397 | 10.14 | 415 | 10.57 | 271 | 6.91 | 329 | 8.39 | 174 | 4. 43 | 111 | 2.82 |
Ca++ | 34 | 0.87 | 58 | 1.48 | 42 | 1.07 | 55 | 1.41 | 32 | 0.81 | 20 | 0.50 |
Cl' | 36 | 0.91 | 42 | 1.07 | 76 | 1.95 | 29 | 0.74 | 20 | 0.50 | 11 | 0.27 |
so"4 | 50 | 1. 27 | 153 | 3.89 | 118 | 3.02 | 117 | 2.99 | 63 | 1.61 | 38 | 0.97 |
TOTAL SOLIDS | 719 | 18.32 | 1066 | 27.18 | 1209 | 30.34 | 1158 | 29.53 | 462 | 11.78 | 351 | 8. 96 |
Wt. of SO3 collected estimated on mg/100 sq. cm. /day. (Pb02 cylinder) | 6.09 | 5.79 | 3. 37 | 3.52 | 2. 35 | 2.02 | ||||||