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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
Greenwich 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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table i—Daily Mean Concentration of Smoke
| Month | Town Hall Smoke mg/100m3 Daily Value | Charlton House Smoke mg/10()m3 Daily Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Highest | Lowest | Average | Highest | Lowest | ||
| November 1956 | 35.00 | 59.00 | 23.70 | 34.11 | 58.00 | 14.45 | |
| December „ | 59.77 | 203.99 | 8.50 | 51.10 | 144.50 | 3.80 | |
| January 1957 | 59.11 | 106.24 | 26.27 | 38.44 | 90.58 | 4.66 | |
| February „ | 66.01 | 111.01 | 28.90 | 39.52 | 90.58 | 12.04 | |
| March „ | 24.40 | 54.76 | 8.16 | 14.99 | 58.26 | 2.42 | |
| April „ | 14.88 | 38.52 | 6.67 | 13.46 | 36.12 | 6.23 | |
| May „ | 16.33 | 28.22 | 6.76 | 8.29 | 16.84 | 1.21 | |
| June ,, | 14.93 | 25.41 | 5.65 | 5.68 | 16.84 | 1.44 | |
| July „ | 12.16 | 28.22 | 2.26 | 6.08 | 16.80 | 1.20 | |
| August „ | 10.83 | 28.22 | 3.29 | 8.93 | 36.08 | 1.21 | |
| September ,, | 8.85 | 14.45 | 3.61 | 3.88 | 16.80 | 1.20 | |
| October „ | 19.64 | 50.56 | 6.22 | 9.01 | 34.48 | 2.41 | |
| November „ | 24.50 | 50.57 | 14.45 | 11.49 | 30.34 | 1.20 | |
| December „ | 38.23 | 120.40 | 15.08 | 36.04 | 121.40 | 3.80 | |
| January, 1958 | 32.03 | 70.85 | 1.13 | 21.12 | 75.86 | 10.11 | |
| February „ | 19.70 | 38.24 | 10.50 | 19.54 | 37.93 | 4.33 | |
TABLE II—Dally Mean Concentration of Sulphur Dioxide
| Month | Town Hall Sulphur Dioxide p.p. 100m. Daily Value | Chablton House Sulphur Dioxide p.p. 100m. Daily Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Highest | Lowest | Average | Highest Lowest | |||
| November 1956 | 11.7 | 19.5 | 3.9 | 11.8 | 23.3 | 3.5 | |
| December „ | 12.6 | 36.2 | 3.5 | 9.7 | 37.3 | 1.3 | |
| January 1957 | 9.7 | 21.2 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 19.7 | 2.5 | |
| February ,, | 9.3 | 20.0 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 15.8 | 2.0 | |
| March „ | 5.9 | 15.8 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 10.2 | 2.1 | |
| April „ | 7.6 | 14.7 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 2.4 | |
| May „ | 6.7 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 10.4 | 2.1 | |
| June „ | 6.3 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 2.6 | |
| July | 3.8 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 2.0 | |
| August „ | 2.9 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 2.1 | |
| September „ | 2.3 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.7 | |
| October ,, | 5.7 | 16.3 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 0.6 | |
| November ,, | 7.5 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 0.5 | |
| December „ | 8.8 | 25.8 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 23.4 | 2.5 | |
| J anuary 1958 | 7.0 | 36.5 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 20.9 | 1.0 | |
| February ,, | 6.6 | 14.1 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 9.9 | 0.9 | |