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 Barking]
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Monthly deposit in tons per square mile and Sulphur Dioxide (Standard Measurement) by the Lead Peroxide method in
milligrams of SO3 per day per 1,000 sq. C.M.
MONTH
BARKING PARK
GREATFIELDS PARK
PARSLOES PARK
1951
1952
1951
1952
1951
1952
Total
Solids
Sulphur
Dioxide
Total
Solids
Sulphur
Dioxide
Total
Solids
Sulphur
Dioxide
Total
Solids
Sulphur
Dioxide
Total
Solids
Sulphur
Dioxide
Total
Solids
Sulphur
Dioxide
JANUARY
21.80
22.9
17.38
20.4
35.56
26.0
24.30
28.4
33.87
19.7
22.29
21.4
FEBRUARY
30.87
21.4
12.52
21.6
45.10
22.4
17.11
28.2
36.42
18.1
11.07
23.8
MARCH
17.32
14.8
25.46
15.7
22.99
20.5
29.36
12.8
32.70
20.9
26.58
16.8
APRIL
18.17
13.1
19.16
9.5
22.85
14.8
21.79
9.8
23.39
12.9
26.72
10.8
MAY
17.62
4.3
Alfred's Way
23.65
10.6
22.28
10.4
21.49
10.5
21.08
7.7
26.11
7.2
JUNE
23.48
5.5
29.33
0.4
30.15
8.5
19.67
6.5
23.93
5.5
17.78
5.8
JULY
17.25
7.2
17.18
5.0
19.95
11.1
—
11.9
23.49
9.7
12.10
7.8
AUGUST
16.15
8.7
30.66
7.5
23.51
13.7
35.90
14.1
24.97
10.1
16.16
7.7
SEPTEMBER
17.11
9.4
23.24
10.2
28.85
15.3
19.92
11.0
27.93
12.1
19.09
6.5
OCTOBER
12.11
12.1
25.35
16.3
25.66
16.3
26.08
15.4
26.76
15.0
22.59
19.3
NOVEMBER
23.72
18.2
—
19.6
50.13
19.9
21.66
22.3
36.80
16.8
20.81
21.5
DECEMBER
23.68
13.5
45.46
37.7
32.57
18.8
35.86
32.4
41.99
18.3
29.57
39.6
Averages
19.94
12.7
28.19
14.8
30.08
16.5
24.90
16.9
29.48
14.1
20.49
15.7
Alfred's Way
only