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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

City of London 1952

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Table: Daily Mean Concentrations of Smoke at Golden Lane measured by the Volumetric Method SMOKE(Miligrams per cubic metre of air)

Daily Mean Concentrations of Smoke at Golden Lane measured by the Volumetric Method SMOKE

(Miligrams per cubic metre of air)

Date.DecemberNovemberJune
195219511950.1949194819481952
1st.207.158.085.086.691.392.019
2nd.207.158.118.086.203.441.019
3rd.265.202.118.106.079.174.021
4th.265.202.157.040.172.130.021
5th.625085.157086.172.094.021
6th.637.085.269.130.085.195.021
7th.613.159.170.085.085.195.028
8th.625.159.173.076.127.130.071
9th.630.064.173.181.174.317.071
10th.215.064.118.181.079.538.070
11th.236.535.118.125.079.518.070
12th.114.524.123.241.079.625.092
13th.156.650.305.167.104.115.092
14th.156.637.318.106.037.115.043
15th.179.306.167.106.111.085.043
16th.179.123.122.142.127.167.064
17th.122.123.122.142.215.153.064
18th.122.118.200.077.164.153.021
19th.228.118.200.077.164.127.021
20th.137.262.265.125.119.085.021
21st.137.262.265.269.119.123.021
22nd.158.120.177.218.120.239.021
23rd.158.120. 177.074.120.369.021
24th.195.122.196.074.085.306.043
25th.195.122.196.074.085.317.043
26th.181.123.157.078.193.524.082
27th.181.123. 157.056.193.461.065
28th.561.123.122.056.164.419.065
29th.161.123.122.223.118.625.020
30th.269.120.157.308.116.388.020
31st.241.120.157.123.125
Monthly Average.268.200.173126.145.284.043

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Daily Mean Concentrations of Sulphur Dioxide at Golden Lane measured by the
Volumetric Method.

Table: SULPHUR DIOXIDE(Parts per Million by volume)

SULPHUR DIOXIDE

(Parts per Million by volume)

DateDecemberNovemberJune
1952195119501949194819481952
1st.119.104.122.020.632.226.027
2nd.119.104.089.020.111.123.027
3rd.190.165.089.081.138.101.030
4th.190. 165.153.044.070.085.030
5th.618.103.153.076.070.069.032
6th.720.103.237.136.077.102.032
7th.800.141.152.112.077.102.031
8th1.225.141.142.091.114.056.045
9th1.209.067.190.145.120.130.045
10th.215.067.134.145.032.335.049
11th.198.341.134.059.055.167.049
12th.144.279.137.167.055.359.081
13th.200443.215.143.088.067.081
14th.200.636.357.100.066.067.048
15th.163.213.325.100.097.062.048
16th.163.133.191.147.074.121.043
17 th.121.133.191.147.222.113.043
18th.121.129.219.066.102.113.038
19th.161.129.219.066.102.102.038
20th.158.172.327.183.098.223.025
21st.158.172.327.161.098.113.025
22nd.103.220.194.202.121.103.025
23rd.103.220.194.092.121.687.025
24th.195.122.240.092.116.319.049
25th.195.122.240.083.116.239.049
26th.130.081.185.083.204.391.086
27th.130.081.185.060.204.254.094
28th.295.123.221.060.143.417.094
29th.094.123.221.161.115.593.052
30th.161.138.261.242.206.424.052
31st.204.138.261.123.120
Monthly Average.285.171.203.110.128.210.046