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5,920 men and 6,166 women. The positive cases revealed as a result
of this large scale operation were as follows
Active Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
Lung Cancer
Men 15 2
Women 15 —
30 2
Atmospheric Pollution
The Council maintain two atmospheric pollution measuring
stations; one is in North Kensington (St. Joseph's Convent, Portobello
Road, W.10) and the other in South Kensington (Messrs. John Barker's
Furniture Depository, Pembroke Road, W„8). The apparatus at each
station consists of a standard deposit gauge for collecting soluble
and insoluble deposits and a lead peroxide apparatus by means of
which the sulphur content of the air can be estimated each month.
In addition to the above mentioned stations, the Council
have established two smoke measuring stations, one at the public
health department, Hornton Street, W.8., and the other at the
public library, Ladbroke Grove, W.ll.
The equipment at the public health department consists of
a smoke filter and a hydrogen peroxide bubbling apparatus. The
smoke filter measures the daily concentration of smoke suspended in
the atmosphere, and the hydrogen peroxide bubbler extracts the sulphur
dioxide content of the atmosphere. Readings are taken each day,
and results are averaged to produce figures for each calender month.
The equipment at the public library consists of a smoke
filter only. Measurements are taken three times a week, and daily
and monthly averages are calculated from the results.
All information obtained is forwarded each month to the
Director of Observations at the Fuel Research Station of the
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, for correlation
with the results obtained from other sites throughout the country.
The following tables set out details of the results
obtained in Kensington during 1956:-