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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
Wimbledon 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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During 1958 two standard deposit gauges and two lead peroxide
instruments were sited, one of each at Wimbledon Cemetery and at
Cannizaro Nursery. These two sites were approved by the Department
of Scientific and Industrial Research and recordings were commenced
on the 1st April, 1958.
After exposure for one month, the collecting jars and lead peroxide
candles are sent to the Public Analyst for examination. When the results
are received, a copy of each is sent to the Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research for publication in the Atmospheric Pollution Bulletin,
together with the results of observations by 488 Local Authorities
and other Organisations.
The following tables give the results of recording up to December
1959 :—
Cannizaro Nursery Site.
The following tables give the results of recording up to December 1959:—
Cannizaro Nursery Site.
| Month | Deposit per month (in tons per sq. mile) | SO2 per day (in milligrams per 100 sq. centimetres of candle) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insoluble Solids | Soluble Solids | Total Solids | ||
| January | 3.4 | 6.1 | 9.5 | 2.9 |
| February | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 2.5 |
| March | 3.0 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 1.4 |
| April | 4.9 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 1.1 |
| May | 6.8 | 3.5 | 10.3 | 1.3 |
| June | 5.1 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 0.7 |
| July | 4.6 | 5.0 | 9.6 | 0.6 |
| August | 6.1 | 5.6 | 11.7 | 0.7 |
| September | 5.9 | 3.4 | 9.3 | 1.3 |
| October | 7.5 | 4.0 | 11.5 | 0.9 |
| November | 11.4 | 11.4 | 22.8 | 1.6 |
| December | 2.0 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 1.6 |
Wimbledon Cemetery Site.
Wimbledon Cemetery Site.
| Month | Deposit per month (in tons per sq. mile) | SO2 per day (in milligrams per 100 sq. centimetres of candle) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insoluble Solids | Soluble Solids | Total Solids | ||
| January | 5.3 | 6.9 | 12.2 | 3.7 |
| February | 3.9 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 3.4 |
| March | 5.2 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 2.1 |
| April | 3.6 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 1.7 |
| May | 7.1 | 4.7 | 11.8 | 1.8 |
| June | 5.9 | 4.0 | 9.9 | 1.2 |
| July | 5.3 | 2.9 | 8.2 | 0.9 |
| August | 4.2 | 6.0 | 10.2 | 1.1 |
| September | 6.3 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 1.8 |
| October | 4.5 | 5.7 | 10.2 | 1.2 |
| November | 4.2 | 13.7 | 17.9 | 2.1 |
| December | 2.4 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 1.8 |