London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chelsea 1958
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1958
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The following tables show the results obtained from this station during the year.
| Month 1958 | Days Ex-posed | Rain-fall (ins.) | Total Deposits for period in tons per sq. mile | Deposits per day in tons per sq.mile (average) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soluble | In-soluble | Total | Soluble | In-soluble | Total | |||
| January | 30 | 1.71 | 8.82 | 9.83 | 18.65 | .294 | .327 | .621 |
| February | 28 | l.89 | 8.70 | 11.38 | 20.08 | .310 | .406 | .716 |
| March | 31 | 0.94 | 7.77 | 10.87 | 18.64 | .250 | .350 | .600 |
| April | 31 | 1.61 | 6.99 | 6.91 | 13.90 | .225 | .222 | .447 |
| May | 32 | 2.33 | 10.48 | 11.22 | 21.70 | .327 | .350 | .677 |
| June | 29 | 4.42 | 10.30 | 10.26 | 20.56 | .355 | .353 | .708 |
| July | 31 | 1.48 | 7.70 | 7.65 | 15.35 | .248 | .246 | .495 |
| August | 31 | 3.32 | 10.94 | 8.31 | 19.25 | .352 | .268 | .620 |
| September | 30 | 4.06 | 4.99 | 11.06 | 16.05 | .166 | .368 | .534 |
| October | 30 | 2.27 | 7.91 | 11.27 | 19.19 | .263 | .375 | .638 |
| November | 31 | 1.71 | 5.29 | 5.75 | 11.04 | .170 | .185 | .355 |
| December | 31 | 2.64 | 8.57 | 16.13 | 24.70 | .276 | .520 | .796 |
| TOTALS: | 365 | 28.38 | 98.46 | 120.64 | 219.11 | |||
Estimation of Atmospheric Sulphur Milligrams of Sulphur Trioxide per Day.
| Estimation of Atmospheric Sulphur Milligrams of Sulphur Trioxide per Day. | ||
| Month | Days Exposed | Chelsea Polytechnic |
| January | 30 | 4.24 |
| February | 28 | 4.32 |
| March | 31 | 4.21 |
| April | 31 | 3.14 |
| May | 32 | 1.99 |
| June | 29 | 1.90 |
| July | 31 | 1.62 |
| August | 31 | 1.59 |
| September | 30 | 2.49 |
| October | 30 | 3.10 |
| November | 31 | 4.53 |
| December | 31 | 4.27 |
| Average for Year | 3.12 | |