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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
Hornsey 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION—SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR THE YEAR
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(a) Roof of Town Hall. (b) Church of Christ—Wightman Road, (c) Mather's Factory—Frobisher Road.
| 1952 | Deposit in Tons per Square Mile | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall in inches | Total water-insoluble matter | Ash | Total water-soluble matter | Total solids | |||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (e) | (a) | (6) | (c) | (a) | (b) | (c) | (a) | (6) | (c) | (a) | (b) | (c) | |
| February | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 9.69 | 17.04 | 9.64 | 6.18 | 11.19 | 5.87 | 4.48 | 5.79 | 5.60 | 14.17 | 22.83 | 15.24 |
| March | 2.72 | 2.52 | 2.52 | 14.46 | 33.44 | 12.56 | 9.42 | 25.56 | 7.79 | 7.98 | 12.96 | 9.28 | 22.44 | 46.40 | 21.84 |
| April | 1.30 | 1.21 | 1.17 | 12.66 | 17.69 | 11.43 | 8.49 | 11.89 | 7.14 | 5.30 | 7.49 | 5.50 | 17.96 | 25.18 | 16.93 |
| May | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 10.63 | 20.14 | 9.21 | 7.26 | 14.23 | 5.93 | 4.09 | 5.56 | 4.01 | 14.72 | 25.70 | 13.22 |
| June | 1.55 | 1.48 | 1.64 | 10.73 | 17.34 | 7.72 | 7.54 | 12.50 | 4.71 | 4.06 | 5.07 | 3.02 | 14.79 | 22.41 | 10.74 |
| July | 0.60 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 11.86 | 18.31 | 8.05 | 9.06 | 12.92 | 4.96 | 2.68 | 3.93 | 2.45 | 14.54 | 22.24 | 10.50 |
| August | 2.40 | 2.34 | 2.36 | 11.19 | 22.15 | 7.39 | 8.05 | 16.23 | 4.49 | 5.01 | 6.09 | 4.31 | 16.20 | 28.24 | 11.70 |
| September | 3.36 | 3.30 | 3.44 | 9.52 | 28.01 | 8.42 | 6.64 | 22.31 | 5.24 | 6.81 | 6.97 | 5.04 | 16.33 | 34.98 | 13. 46 |
| October | 2.48 | 2.43 | 2.23 | 10.47 | 34.49 | 9.48 | 7.30 | 28.60 | 6.13 | 8.80 | 11.26 | 9.51 | 19.27 | 45.75 | 18.99 |
| November | 3.64 | 3.99 | 3.75 | 9.10 | 76.17 | 11.55 | 6.25 | 68.94 | 7.41 | 10.32 | 15.18 | 12.17 | 19.42 | 91.35 | 23.72 |
| December | 2.15 | 2.12 | 2.06 | 10.18 | 40.28 | 9.84 | 6.58 | 33.77 | 6.03 | 7.85 | 11.58 | 8.48 | 18.03 | 51.86 | 18.32 |