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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
City of Westminster 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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tables indicate the daily absorption of sulphur due to active sulphurous gases in the atmosphere.
| Mayfair | Pimlico. | Charing Cross. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951. | |||
| January | 4.77 | 4.74 | 4.91 |
| February | 3.59 | 4.48 | 3.59 |
| March | 2.78 | 4.11 | 3.38 |
| April | 2.20 | 2.59 | 3.06 |
| May | 2.02 | 3.58 | 2.69 |
| June | 1.49 | 2.23 | 1.86 |
| July | 1.05 | 1.22 | 1.46 |
| August | 1.10 | 1.38 | 1.24 |
| September | 1.46 | 2.13 | 1.81 |
| October | 2.57 | 4.25 | 3.48 |
| November | 2.72 | 3.37 | 3.93 |
| December | 3.48 | 4.04 | 4.18 |
Owens Automatic Air Filter.
An hourly record of suspended impurities in the air was continued
by the Owens Method at the laboratory, Monck Street.
Estimation of Sulphur Dioxide by the Hydrogen Peroxide Method.
An estimation of sulphur gases in the atmosphere was made on
alternate days at the laboratory, Monck Street.
Smoke Abatement.
Observations were continued throughout the year, and the following table summarises the action taken in mitigation of smoke nuisances:—
| Complaints | 130 |
| Observations | 1,371 |
| Notices issued | 15 |
| Statutory Notices served | 1 |
With a view to securing so far as was reasonably practicable that a
clean and smokeless atmosphere should prevail in the area of the Festival
of Britain Exhibition on the South Bank of the River Thames, the
Medical Officer of Health, on the instructions of the Public Health
Committee, communicated with all commercial and industrial undertakings
using smoke producing fuels in the City, inviting their co.operation
in this matter. Generally speaking, there was appreciably less smoke