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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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(a) Fortis Green Depot (b) Disinfecting Station
| *1956 | SMOKE (milligrams per 100 cubic metres) | SULPHUR DIOXIDE (parts per 100 million parts of air) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly average | Highest daily average | Lowest daily average | Monthly average | Highest daily average | Lowest daily average | |||||||
| (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | |
| August | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| September | 6 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| October | 14 | 18 | 37 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| November | 19 | 22 | 41 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| December | 20 | 25 | 42 | 55 | 8 | 11 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 19.7 | 22.9 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| * These measurements were first recorded on the 1st August, 1956. | ||||||||||||