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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merit of Trade and Industry. A record of these readings in microgrammes
per cubic metre for the year under review is given in
Table 22 below. The readings are taken by members of the staff
of the department and the information is passed to the Department
of Trade and Industry for collation with data received from
authorities all over the country.
TABLE 22
Station | Roof— Municipal Buildings | 207 Lavender Hill Battersea | Tooting Library | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month—1972 | Smoke | SO2 | Smoke | SO2 | Smoke | SO2 |
January | 55 | 136 | 76 | 220 | 58 | 200 |
February | 54 | 156 | 69 | 230 | 51 | 172 |
March | 132 | 109 | 91 | 196 | 74 | 160 |
April | 69 | 138 | 61 | 168 | 50 | 157 |
May | 48 | 140 | 46 | 182 | 45 | 148 |
June | 38 | 132 | 44 | 137 | 32 | 116 |
July | 21 | 142 | 49 | 122 | 26 | 120 |
August | 22 | 60 | 44 | 114 | 30 | 102 |
September | 45 | 200 | 61 | 158 | — | — |
October | 40 | 174 | 70 | 142 | — | — |
November | 46 | 212 | 78 | 181 | — | — |
December | 52 | 247 | 90 | 219 | — | — |
Averages | 52 | 154 | 65 | 172 | 46 | 147 |