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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
Lambeth 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| MONTH | SMOKE (milligrammes per 100 Cubic Metres) | SULPHUR DIOXIDE (Parts per Hundred Million Parts of Air) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONTHLY AVERAGE | HIGHEST DAILY AVERAGE | MONTHLY AVERAGE | HIGHEST DAILY AVERAGE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| January | 26 | 16 | 27 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 45 | 27 | 128 | 58 | 132 | 134 | 129 | 111 | 168 | 111 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 120 | 44 | 56 | 34 | 49 | 46 | 44 | 44 |
| February | 21 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 27 | 40 | 23 | 116 | 35 | 101 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 125 | 62 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 25 |
| March | 14 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 29 | 39 | 31 | 30 | 50 | 44 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 25 |
| April | 9 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 40 | 28 | 55 | 34 | 34 | 47 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 21 | 36 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 17 |
| May | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 38 | 31 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 23 |
| June | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 21 |
| July | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| August | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| September | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 17 |
| October | 12 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 41 | 49 | 38 | 36 | 42 | 37 | 63 | 31 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 70 | 78 | 54 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 22 |
| November | 12 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 19 | 54 | 73 | 53 | 48 | 90 | 82 | 86 | 57 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 93 | 78 | 54 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 27 |
| December | 24 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 39 | 29 | 60 | 66 | 52 | 67 | 55 | 50 | 80 | 89 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 44 | 36 | 41 | 43 | 37 | 40 | 45 |
STATIONS CONTROLLED
BY LAMBETH BOROUGH
COUNCIL
1. LAMBETH TOWN HALL STATIONS CONTROLLED
2. LIBRARY, SOUTH LAMBETH BY LONDON COUNTY
ROAD COUNCIL -
3. KENSINGTON SECONDARY
5. COUNTY HALL, LAB. ROOF
6. ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
7. AMBULANCE STATION
LANDOR ROAD
8. COiraTY HALLL GROUND FLOOR