[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ] page 15

City of London 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

This page requires JavaScript

Download table as:

TABLE II-Results obtained in 1958 of the daily observations of the concentration of SMOKE by the volumetric method.

Month	Rainfall collected in deposit gauge at Golden Lane		Golden Lane	POLICE STATIONS
			Golden Lane	Bishopsgate	Cloak Lane	Snow Hill
			Monthly Average	Monthly Average	Monthly Average	Monthly Average
	Equivalent to		Monthly Average	Monthly Average	Monthly Average	Monthly Average
	Millimetres	inches of rain	Milligrams per 100 cubic metres	Milligrams per 100 cubic metres	Milligrams per 100 cubic metres	Milligrams per 100 cubic metres
January	47	1.86	14	27	21	8
February	59	2.31	10	23	16	5
March	26	1.01	11	23	16	6
April	44	1.72	8	17	13	4
May	57	2.26	3	16	7	2
June	120	4.73	3	10	7	2
July	42	1.65	3	14	7	3
August	78	3.08	2	13	10	3
September	89	3.51	3	9	11	4
October	79	3.12	7	17	15	9
November	29	1.13	21	37	29	17
December	72	2.83	25	38	37	20
Averages:
1958	62	2.44	9	20	16	7
1957	42	1.66	9	25	15	7
1956	44	1.74	14	15(a)	12	13
1955	43	1.71	14	13(a)	10(a)	12(a)
1954	47	1.80	14	—	—	—
1953	36	1.40	13	—	—	—
1953-1957	42	1.66	13	_	—	—

Copy text to clipboard

(a) Measurement for 9 months of the year.

Download table as:

TABLE III.—Results obtained in 1958 of the measurement of SULPHUR DIOXIDE by the volumetric and lead peroxide methods.

Month	Rainfall collected in deposit gauge at Golden Lane		Police Stations				LEAD PEROXIDE METHOD
	Rainfall collected in deposit gauge at Golden Lane		Golden Lane	Bishops-gate	Cloak Lane	Snow Hill	Golden Lane	Finsbury Circus
	Equivalent to		Golden Lane	Bishops-gate	Cloak Lane	Snow Hill	Golden Lane	Finsbury Circus
	Millimetres	inches of rain	Monthly Average	Monthly Average	Monthly Average	Monthly Average	Mgs. (S.0.3) per day per 100 sq. cm.
J anuary	47	1.86	16	21	16	13	5.00	4.05
F ebruary	59	2.31	11	18	14	12	3.70	3.87
March	26	1.01	11	16	15	12	3.88	3.40
April	44	1.72	7	12	11	9	2.54	2:52
May	57	2.26	5	10	8	4	1.99	1.78
June	120	4.73	5	9	7	5	1.89	1.42
July	42	1.65	5	8	6	5	1.39	1.61
August	78	3.08	5	9	6	4	1.82	1.40
September	89	3.51	6	9	9	7	2.60	1.78
October	79	3.12	10	15	12	12	3.37	2.75
November	29	1.13	16	21	21	17	4.11	3.38
December	72	2.83	18	24	21	18	4.86	3.99
Averages:
1958	62	2.44	10	14	12	10	3.10	2.66
1957	42	1.66	9	12	11	11	2.71	2.47
1956	44	1.74	10	15(a)	12	13	2.69	2.42
1955	43	1.71	10	13(a)	10(a)	12(a)	2.85	2.57
1954	47	1.80	11	—	—	—	2.54	2.60
1953	36	1.40	11	—	—-	—-	2.30	2.47
1953-1957	42	1.66	10	—	—	—	2.62	2.51

Copy text to clipboard

(a) Measurements for 9 months of the year.
15