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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 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the
Volumetric Method at the two stations in the Borough

Table: Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at the two stations in the Borough

Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at the two stations in the Borough

StationJan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.
Smoke (micrograms per cubic metre) Public Health Office Town Hall Monthly average323,51281,60152.45115.3658.0934.3438.7740.8390.5376.67167.36196.19
Highest recording11124933252261957288100276192512380
Shelter House Treatment Centre Monthly average346.61284.96169.32129.973.3244.5336.3838.7772.23106.06169.96252.19
Highest recording11285224052671991328892132172524492
SULPHUR DIOXIDE (Micrograms per cubic metre) Public Health Office Town Hall Monthly average460.41439.07289.61217.70131.7496.26116.61107.54146.03223. 58292.23388. 16
Highest recording2187936686472262415407227446511682646
Shelter House Treatment Centre Monthly average434.09285.78205.8139.7686.1270.2679.7761.48100.43226.74278.63364. 90
Highest recording1747640542260171207326113365367597585