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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - MEASUREMENT OF SMOKE AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - MEASUREMENT OF SMOKE AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE

Smoke (microgrammes per cubic metre)Sulphur dioxide (microgrammes per cubic metre)
Monthly averageHighest dally readingMonthly averageHighest dally reading
SitesabCdeabcdeabcdeabcde
January144102105168232310286279361451235229114180344504501394465728
February10411710319026930536434949761624717917620128710894488489741383
March192176130275237452579354680600247303194206311656716536608752
April95615590*173152134211*160164126162*367269287353*
May41493664*102173143214*1161169299*272304243261*
June31362029*821187996*82896969*186192144127*
July3546283836861146490806080636964124188164140145
August181710171676894278797882686959278336352252248
September43412747461391651011511288689668379218230172210217
October1028468121110411302196465440204206150167173353371324289339
November204192134222227645619360574471313386241300345749944714792803
December2552612072663051674128313361121120048362846246649524533078256621822283

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Sites: (a) Town Hall (b) Highgate Depot, North Hill (c) Fortis Green Depot
(d) Burghley Road pumping station (e) Lorne House, Lorne Road
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