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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AND CLEAN AIR
TABLE I
Station | Roof— Municipal Buildings | Valley Road, S.W.16 | Tooting Library | Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton | South London Hospital, Clapham | ||||||
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Month—1964 | Smoke | Smoke | Smoke | Smoke | Smoke | ||||||
January | 218 | 354 | 213 | 312 | 219 | 282 | 104 | 129 | 212 | 275 | |
February | 130 | 299 | 215 | 281 | 180 | 172 | 154 | 217 | 156 | 186 | |
March | 82 | 140 | 81 | 197 | 98 | 126 | No recordings | 76 | 116 | ||
April | 58 | 125 | 47 | 134 | 79 | 121 | „ | 70 | 122 | ||
May | 62 | 54 | 36 | 123 | 36 | 29 | „ | 32 | 49 | ||
June | 47 | 114 | 31 | 78 | 51 | 71 | „ | 40 | 74 | ||
July | 30 | 130 | 38 | 77 | 35 | 58 | 13 | 85 | 23 | 70 | |
August | 31 | 109 | 49 | 63 | 33 | 84 | No recordings | 27 | 83 | ||
September | 34 | 124 | 23 | 84 | 35 | 80 | „ | 28 | 57 | ||
October | 64 | 161 | 46 | 142 | 118 | 187 | 67 | 88 | 111 | 199 | |
November | 107 | 485 | 86 | 132 | 137 | 193 | 57 | 98 | 92 | 232 | |
December | 231 | 448 | 177 | 298 | 252 | 31 | 140 | 237 | 199 | 303 | |
Average | 91 | 212 | 87 | 160 | 106 | 120 | 89 | 142 | 89 | 147 |