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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
Tottenham 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RECORD 1957
| Park Lane | St, Ann's | Tottenham Technical College | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall | Insoluble Deposit | Soluble Deposit | Rainfall | Insoluble Deposit | Soluble Deposit | Smoke | Sulphur Dioxide | |||
| Monthly Average | Highest Daily Reading | Monthly Average | Highest Daily Reading | |||||||
| (ins) | (Tons per square mile) | (ins) | (Tons per square mile) | (Mg/m3) | (Mg/m3) | (Parts pe | • Million) | |||
| January | 1.12 | 7.41 | 5.85 | 1.19 | 9.25 | 4.75 | .22 | .64 | .06 | .13 |
| February | 3.08 | 6.80 | 7.01 | 3.08 | 10.81 | 6.98 | .32 | . 69 | .08 | .18 |
| March | 0.98 | 7.54 | 5.38 | 0.90 | 15.99 | 5.96 | .25 | .74 | .08 | .19 |
| April | 0.13 | 5.48 | 2.58 | 0.17 | 7.99 | 2.90 | .13 | .55 | .05 | .17 |
| May | 1 28 | 7.66 | 4.57 | 1.19 | 9.70 | 4.07 | .09 | .27 | .04 | .08 |
| June | 4.30 | 12.31 | 9.87 | 3.97 | 13.48 | 10.64 | 05 | .12 | .04 | .08 |
| July | .03 | .08 | - | - | ||||||
| August | 2.05 | 5.89 | 4.18 | 2.04 | 6.05 | 5.94 | .04 | .12 | .03 | .08 |
| September | 2.10 | 3.83 | 3.89 | 2.12 | 5.15 | 5.70 | .07 | .17 | .03 | .06 |
| October | 1.75 | 5.80 | 5.41 | 1.90 | 5.85 | 6.24 | .23 | .72 | .06 | .14 |
| November | 2.16 | 6. 71 | 5. 52 | 2.25 | 6.73 | 7. 88 | .20 | .38 | .06 | .11 |
| December | 1.49 | 7.77 | 7.02 | 1.56 | 7.63 | 6.58 | .45 | 2.55 | .08 | .27 |