Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AND CLEAN AIR
TABLE I
Station | Roof— Municipal Buildings | Valley Road, S.W.I6 | Tooting Library | Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton | South London Hospital, Clapham | |||||
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Month—1962 | Smoke | SO2 | Smoke | SO2 | Smoke | SO2 | Smoke | SO2 | Smoke | SO2 |
January | 93 | 271 | 158 | 204 | 39 | 323 | 96 | 226 | 14 | 340 |
February | 55 | 245 | 179 | 228 | 69 | 207 | 212 | 371 | 57 | 182 |
March | 31 | 326 | 135 | 216 | 102 | 301 | 83 | 224 | 47 | 238 |
April | 76 | 510 | 65 | 123 | 116 | 290 | 46 | 134 | 87 | 265 |
May | 50 | 191 | 8 | 74 | 47 | 142 | 32 | 104 | 42 | 151 |
June | 18 | 135 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 105 | 14 | 115 | 15 | 93 |
July | 41 | 141 | 20 | 64 | 65 | 169 | 16 | 66 | 30 | 95 |
August | 28 | 150 | 21 | 65 | 31 | 69 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 66 |
September | 35 | 130 | 19 | 106 | 40 | 91 | 19 | 36 | 31 | 64 |
October | 76 | 373 | 101 | 137 | 87 | 121 | 84 | 174 | 62 | 195 |
November | 89 | 310 | 166 | 249 | 102 | 304 | 175 | 247 | 92 | 280 |
December | 229 | 498 | 158 | 240 | 248 | 289 | 149 | 397 | 189 | 314 |
Average | 68 | 273 | 89 | 144 | 80 | 201 | 78 | 176 | 57 | 190 |