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Hornsey 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION—SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR THE YEAR

( a) Roof of Town Hall. (b) Church of Christ—Wightman Road. (c) Mather's Factory—Frobisher Road.

1955Rainfall in inchesTotal water-insoluble matterDeposit in Tons per Square MileTotal solids
AshTotal water-soluble matter
(a)(b)(c)(a)(b)(c)(a)(b)(c)(a)(b)(c)(a)(b)(c)
January2.512.302.2010.9019.4011.506.5013.006.909.8011.6010.0020.7031.0021.50
February1.531.591.498.2324.087.825.37*4.955.539.336.1713.7633.4113.99
March1.141.081.1611.3721.9510.237.9216.646.666.108.527.7017.4730.4717.93
April0.380.2330.3159.3913.699.056.518.805.853.485.093.3512.8718.7812.40
May4.944.434.7615.5727.859.1111.6220.515.528.678.578.3224.2436.4217.43
June2.492.422.2610.3922.677.217.2217.374.454.355.903.8614.7428.5711.07
July0.140.110.215.8819.856.293.8115.634.251.794.662.207.6724.518.49
August1.271.371.357.2416.447.854.7111.945.182.973.873.5910.2120.3111.44
September1.751.691.738.9418.076.446.6212.174.013.614.663.4712.5522.739.91
October2.792.672.7710.8031.436.408.1825.393.736.908.246.6017.7039.6713.00
November0.390.640.615.467.473.154.563.255.655.268.7112.73
December1.771.791.677.8716.968. 955.1011.995.435.697.907.1213.5624. 8616.07
*Ash not measured owing to fracture of vessel. †Not measured owing to presence of glass wool which had disintegrated and mixed with the deposit.