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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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Two atmospheric pollution measuring stations are maintained by the Council, one at the Town Hall and the other at Charlton House and the following tables give the daily mean concentration of smoke and sulphur dioxide as calculated on readings taken at the Council's two stations during 1960:— TABLE I.—Daily Mean Concentration of Smoke
| Month | Town Hall | Charlton House | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke mg/100m3 | Smoke mg/100m3 | |||||
| Daily Value | Daily Value | |||||
| Average | Highest | Lowest | Average | Highest | Lowest | |
| November 1959 | 43 | 104 | 21 | 38 | 89 | 4 |
| December „ | 35 | 72 | 23 | 34 | 59 | 14 |
| January 1960 | 56 | 182 | 19 | 33 | 128 | 9 |
| February „ | 42 | 98 | 26 | 34 | 69 | 21 |
| March „ | 52 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 10 | |
| April ,, | 26 | 39 | 16 | 22 | 29 | 17 |
| May ,, | 25 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 6 |
| June „ | 18 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
| July ,, | 11 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
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| January 1961 | 29 | 75 | 24 | 9 | 49 | 4 |
| February „ | 17 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 4 |
TABLE II.—Daily Mean Concentration of Sulphur Dioxide
| Month | Town Hall | Charlton House | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Dioxide p.p. 100m. | Sulphur Dioxide p.p. 100m. | |||||
| Daily Value | Daily Value | |||||
| Average | Highest | Lowest | Average | Highest | Lowest | |
| November 1959 | 10.7 | 27.4 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 23.1 | 4.7 |
| December „ | 7.3 | 11.5 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 9.5 | 2.7 |
| January 1960 | 13.9 | 34.5 | 4.8 | 14.5 | 30.1 | 5.4 |
| February „ | 10.4 | 18.5 | 4.6 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 5.6 |
| March ,, | 8.9 | 19.4 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 3.3 |
| April ,, | 7.3 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 2.4 |
| May ,, | 6.9 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 2.3 |
| June ,, | 4.6 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 2.1 |
| July ,, | 3.0 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
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| December ,, | ||||||
| January 1961 | 4.6 | 15.6 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 9.4 | 1.1 |
| February „ | 3 0 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 1.0 |