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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
Islington 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Monthly Deposits recorded by the Deposit Gauges and Sulphur-Dioxide by the Lead-Peroxide Method
| Month | Site No. | Rainfall in inches | (Tons per square mile) | Mg of SO3/ day collected by 100 sq. cm. of Batch, A lead Peroxide (Louvered Box) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insoluble Deposit | Soluble Deposit | Total Solids | ||||
| January | 1 | 3.31 | 11.00 | 9.07 | 20.07 | 2.85 |
| „ | 2 | 3.74 | 14.27 | 10 04 | 24.31 | 3.82 |
| „ | 3 | 3.47 | 6.39 | 11 27 | 17.65 | 4.66 |
| February | 1 | 0.47 | 6.46 | 4 90 | 11.36 | 3.48 |
| „ | 2 | - No record available - | 2.65 | |||
| „ | 3 | 0.55 | 5.10 | 2 88 | 7.98 | 1.97 |
| March | 1 | 1.65 | 6.99 | 2.22 | 9.21 | 2.38 |
| „ | 2 | 1.50 | 12 42 | 4.27 | 16.69 | 3.41 |
| „ | 3 | 1.42 | 13.78 | 4. 14 | 17.92 | 3. 55 |
| April | 1 | 2.01 | 22.16 | 1.29 | 23.45 | 1.41 |
| „ | 2 | 1.69 | 18.15 | 3.58 | 21.73 | 2.03 |
| „ | 3 | 1.34 | 9. 34 | 2,58 | 11.92 | 2.31 |
| May | 1 | 1.18 | 18.98 | 7.55 | 26.53 | 0.86 |
| „ | 2 | 1.42 | 21.10 | 6.23 | 27.33 | 1.58 |
| „ | 3 | 1.26 | 14 84 | 5.96 | 20.80 | 1.67 |
| June | 1 | 0 28 | 11.95 | 3.48 | 15.43 | 0.58 |
| „ | 2 | 0.32 | 16.36 | 3.21 | 19.57 | 1.46 |
| „ | 2 | 0.20 | 9,80 | 2.05 | 11.85 | 1.38 |
| July | 1 | 3.47 | 9.21 | 9,01 | 18.22 | 0.48 |
| „ | 2 | 3. 11 | 11.59 | 4 04 | 15.63 | 1.24 |
| „ | 3 | 2.76 | 7.95 | 3.59 | 11.54 | 1.23 |
| August | 1 | 1.81 | 10.73 | 4.47 | 15.20 | 0.31 |
| „ | 2 | 1.81 | 11.79 | 5.93 | 17.72 | 1.09 |
| „ | 3 | 1.58 | 6.41 | 2.99 | 9.40 | 1.11 |
| September | 1 | 3.19 | 9.51 | 2.58 | 12.09 | 0.50 |
| „ | 2 | 3.62 | 15.20 | 4.84 | 20.04 | 1.47 |
| „ | 3 | 3.11 | 9.33 | 1.51 | 10.84 | 1.56 |
| October | 1 | 1.77 | 5.60 | 5.80 | 11.40 | 1.01 |
| „ | 2 | 1.73 | 8.08 | 3.94 | 12.02 | 2.94 |
| „ | 3 | 1.54 | 11.54 | X | X | 3.11 |
| November | 1 | 1.77 | 5.70 | 9.97 | 15.67 | 1.98 |
| „ | 2 | No Reading - Rain Guage damaged - | ||||
| „ | 3 | 1.62 | 6.65 | 8.49 | 15.14 | 3. 13 |
| December | 1 | 1.50 | 8.64 | 6.00 | 14.64 | 3.12 |
| „ | 2 | Use of Station discontinued - | ||||
| „ | 3 | 1.18 | 7.62 | 6.88 | 14.50 | 5 31 |
These sites are situated at the following places in the Borough: -
1. Town Hall roof
2. York Way Court (Caledonian Road area)
3. Treatment Centre, at Seven Sisters Road
*Record for 3 week period only
x Pus sample contained a considerable quantity of
gelatinous matter which could not be removed
unrealistic figure and therefore omitted