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City of London 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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encouraged its greater use, possibly to their own profit and certainly to the advantage
of the populace, by arranging a special rate for the supply to premises of the
class indicated. Were such special terms for gas as those suggested arranged, I
am of opinion that the increased purity of our atmosphere, as would be observed
by City workers, would be so marked than an agitation against the unnecessary
use of common coal would result and public opinion might even extend to statutory
prohibition being enforced.
SUMMARY OF MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS AND REPORTS DURING THE YEAR 1924.
| Month of the Year 1924. | Place. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall in millimetres. | Metric tons of deposit per square kilometre during month. | ||||||||||
| Insoluble matter | Soluble matter. | Included in soluble matter. | |||||||||
| Tar. | Carbonaceous other than tar. | Ash. | Loss on ignition. | Ash. | Total solids. | Sulphate as (S0a). | Chlorine (Ci) | Ammoria (NHa). | |||
| January | City of London | 78 | 0.07 | 3.58 | 4.49 | 3.45 | 4.71 | 16.30 | 2.59 | 1.03 | 0.31 |
| Lambeth (Archbishop's Park) | 71 | 0.10 | 2.58 | 2.89 | 1.20 | 3.36 | 10.13 | 1.73 | 0.57 | 0.15 | |
| February | City of London | 15 | 0.08 | 2.99 | 5.27 | 1.29 | 3.10 | 12.73 | 1.38 | 0.60 | 0.14 |
| Lambeth | 16 | 010 | 1.56 | 1. 93 | 0.86 | 2.11 | 6.56 | 1.06 | 0.36 | 0.06 | |
| March | City of London | 15 | 0.06 | 2.63 | 3.86 | 1.39 | 2.43 | 10.39 | 1.03 | 0.58 | 0.11 |
| Lambeth | 15 | 0.06 | 101 | 1.16 | 0.25 | 2.20 | 4.68 | 1 . 21 | 0.54 | 0.11 | |
| April | City of London | 77 | 0.06 | 3.13 | 4.49 | 3.07 | 2.76 | 13.51 | 2.00 | 1.03 | 0.31 |
| Lambeth | 69 | 0.12 | 2.76 | 3.96 | 1.87 | 4.12 | 12.83 | 2.12 | 0.65 | 0.15 | |
| May | City of London | 39 | 0.06 | 3.93 | 5.89 | 1.86 | 3.40 | 15.14 | 1.59 | 0.69 | 0.19 |
| Lambeth | 49 | 0.43 | 11.98 | 19.87 | 1.68 | 4.08 | 38.04 | 2.10 | 0.52 | 0.11 | |
| June | City of London | 42 | 0.05 | 3.38 | 5.31 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 13.08 | 1.55 | 1.00 | 0.13 |
| Lambeth | 48 | 0.05 | 1.69 | 2.45 | 1.15 | 3.04 | 8.38 | 1 .18 | 0.33 | 0.09 | |
| July | Citv of London | 90 | 0.07 | 4.61 | 6.55 | 2.52 | 7.21 | 20.96 | 3.70 | 1.15 | 0.54 |
| Lambeth | 96 | 0.13 | 2.63 | 5.29 | 1.34 | 3.51 | 12.90 | 1.88 | 0.60 | 0.17 | |
| August | City of London | 47 | 0.03 | 3.05 | 4.43 | 2.08 | 3.96 | 13.55 | 1.68 | 0.50 | 0.21 |
| Lambeth | 54 | 0.08 | 1.76 | 2.83 | 1.48 | 3.23 | 9.38 | 1.70 | 0.30 | 0.14 | |
| September | City of London | 60 | 0.04 | 3.30 | 4.99 | 2.17 | 4.35 | 14.85 | 2.56 | 0.56 | 0.29 |
| Lambeth | 59 | 0 .05 | 2.53 | 4.04 | 1.62 | 3.54 | 11.78 | 1.58 | 0.40 | 0.15 | |
| October | City of London | 91 | 0.06 | 3.02 | 4.31 | 2.17 | 5.45 | 15.01 | 2.87 | 0.84 | 0.25 |
| Lambeth | 91 | 0.05 | 2.23 | 2.35 | 1.99 | 4.02 | 10.64 | 2.51 | 0.67 | 0.17 | |
| November | City of London | 54 | 0.04 | 2.82 | 3.85 | 2.74 | 4.58 | 14.03 | 2.62 | 1.20 | 0.28 |
| Lambeth | 59 | 0.10 | 2.64 | 2.63 | 0.34 | 5.87 | 11.58 | 1.81 | 0.85 | 0.23 | |
| December | City of London | 75 | 0.05 | 2.26 | 3.04 | 3.20 | 3.08 | 11.63 | 1.94 | 1.10 | 0.24 |
| Lambeth | 79 | 0.10 | 4.13 | 4.33 | 1.82 | 4.07 | 14.45 | 2.05 | 0.70 | 0.22 | |