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Poplar 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE VII

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RECORDING TABLE

CONSTITUENTSJANUARYFEBRUARYMARCHAPRILMAYJUNE
WATER74 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres2.92 in. rain Tons per square mile13 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres0. 51 in. rain Tbns per square mile37 mm. rain Gramsper 100 sq. metres1.46 in. rain Tons per square mile40 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres1. 58 in. rain Tons per square mile31 mm. rain Grams per 100 sq. metres1. 22 in. rain Tons per square mile7 mm. rain Gramsper 100 sq. metres0. 28 in. rain Tons per square mile
Total Water -
Insoluble Matter1,60440.912376. 0458815.0050712.9253313. 592746.98
Soluble in CS270. 1740. 1030.0710. 0340.1030.07
Ash1,50638. 391714. 3648312.3243010.9744011. 212015. 13
Other Combustible Matter922. 35621. 581032.62751.91892.28701.78
Total Water -
Soluble matter44611.382436. 212586. 582416. 141844.701363. 46
Ca++491. 24260. 67461.17300.77340.87200. 50
CI'872.21411.04471.21360. 91300.77120. 30
S0"41573. 99711.811213.09842. 15802.05380.97
TOTAL SOLIDS2,05052. 2948012. 2584621. 5874819.0671718. 2941010.44
Wt. of F19 SOg collected estimated on mg/100 sq. cm/day (Pb02 cylinder)3. 783.093. 672. 081.811.50