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
Battersea 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Smoke Measuring Station.
The smoke measuring station installed in the Department in 1956
continues to give valuable information concerning smoke density and
sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere. The readings are taken by
members of the staff of the Department, and the Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research receive the results and collate the
information with other results obtained from Authorities all over the
Country. The following graphs show the readings obtained throughout
1960 and 1961, and the "block" graph on the following page shows
a comparison of the readings for the five years 1957 to 1961.