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Conclusion
It is now 20 years since the infamous London smog of 1952 which helped to kill 4,000 people. The advent of
the Clean Air Acts and the implementation of the Council's phased Smoke Control Programme has brought
about a great improvement in the Borough. Yet there is no room for complacency.
Attention should now be focussed on the other sources of pollution such as the products of combustion
from motor vehicles, especially the unburnt and partially burnt hydrocarbons, including the lead containing
aerosol emitted with the exhaust fumes as lead is added to petrol as an anti-knock agent. If these pollutants can
be monitored now, then data will be readily available should any hazard to health arise either from direct
sources or as a cumulative effect.
It is calculated that 22,000 vehicles daily use the Hammersmith Broadway which alone is food for thought.
Not withstanding this, on aesthetic grounds alone there is a good case for reducing the toxicity of exhaust
fumes from motor vehicles.
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