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Wandsworth 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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51
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AND CLEAN AIR

Table: TABLE IIIATMOSPHERIC POLLUTIONsmoke and so, concentration over the period of the 1962 smog compared with corresponding periods in 1959, 1960 and 1961

TABLE III

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION

smoke and so, concentration over the period of the 1962 smog compared with corresponding periods in 1959, 1960 and 1961

Period ending1959196019611962
SmokeSO2SmokeSO2SmokeSO2SmokeSO2
DecemberMunicipal Buildings
3rd3402944080289157423
4th250452408028911,2081,266
5th1203265681952651,7161,920
6th180229120304992361,1282,524
7th180229140307913861,7121,290
8th2209018019170388824420
Tooting Library
3rd5601519833852133315337
4th340246983381111338201,332
5th33030690336782501,7242,174
6th190144100509702611,5722,388
7th190131330441632931,3801,860
8th27013813020091329206214
South London Hospital
3rd23029847223116311164433
4th190217472231163111,1641,180
5th13033040210692821,9601,506
6th170208160261635251,1321,772
7th17020870383812521,2282,228
8th17021027029053230276226
Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton
3rd90130309716291280348
4th18011134581122918681,068
5th1701403410216815681,553
6th805430151282078562,405
7th8054361511242581,0441,707
8th804532148288425132227
United Dairies Depot, Streatham
3rd35020710015313616152197
4th8602214057132161972985
5th750167405752892,2202,607
6th7501169015980711,0641,860
7th2001164203012123391,3602,128
8th190115610791172309144385

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This table gives the concentrations of smoke and sulphur dioxide (SO2) in
microgrammes per cubic metre of air.
"Fog" conditions were noted in the weather reports on:
1st and 2nd December, 1959.
7th and 8th December, 1960.
4th, 5th and 6th December, 1962.