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Measurement of atmospheric pollution
Table 22, on pages 30 and 31, gives a record of the principal
results from the stations, and also gives some indication of the sunshine,
rainfall etc. during the year. Some of these latter data are not
specific to the borough, having been obtained from a publication of the
Meteorological Office, and relate to the nearest station which records
the particular item concerned. Later in the year an additional volumetric
station was sited at the Town Hall, capable of giving hourly smoke
readings.
This enabled the variations in the December smog to be seen with
exactitude (see chart), Although the smog had many things in common
with the killer of 1952 its lethal effect was very small. There is a mild
belief that the smoke control programme was a major factor here.