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Barking 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION—SULPHUR DIOXIDE READINGS MEASURED AS MILLIGRAMS OF SO3 PER DAY COLLECTED BY 100 sq. C M. LEAD PEROXIDE
| MONTH | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D. 1571 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.1571 |
| JANUARY | 2.29 | 2.60 | 1.97 | 2.04 | 2.84 | 2.14 | 3.50 | 4.06 | 3.09 | 4.43 | 3.81 | 3.71 | 4.19 | 3.47 | 3.20 | 2.23 | 3.83 | 4.69 | 3.59 | 2.72 |
| FEBRUARY | 2.14 | 2.24 | 1.81 | 2.16 | 2.82 | 2.38 | 2.68 | 2.98 | 2.01 | 4.24 | 3.35 | 3.69 | 4.39 | 3.68 | 3.27 | 2.39 | 2.71 | 3.57 | 3.45 | 2.28 |
| MARCH | 1.48 | 2.05 | 2.09 | 1.57 | 1.28 | 1.68 | 2.89 | 2.57 | 2.77 | 3.17 | 3.64 | 3.14 | 3.46 | 2.24 | 0.59 | 1.29 | 1.91 | 2.74 | 2.12 | 2.41 |
| APRIL | 1.31 | 1.48 | 1.29 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 1.08 | 2.16 | 2.48 | 2.03 | 2.23 | 1.74 | 2.38 | 2.88 | 2.31 | 1.92 | 1.31 | 2.00 | 2.49 | 2.32 | 1.52 |
| MAY | 0.43 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 0.72 | 1.04 | 0.77 | 1.53 | 1.17 | 1.50 | 2.20 | 1.80 | 1.95 | 1.50 | 2.11 | 1.55 | 1.03 | 1.32 | 2.25 | 1.52 | 1.17 |
| JUNE | 0.55 | 0.85 | 0.55 | 0.04 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 1.27 | 1.35 | 0.97 | 2.00 | 1.94 | 1.22 | 1.14 | 1.71 | 1.13 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 1.55 | 1.07 | 0.89 |
| JULY | 0.72 | 1.11 | 0.97 | 0.50 | 1.19 | 0.78 | 2.19 | 2.23 | 1.82 | 2.63 | 2.42 | 1.64 | 0.34 | 0.66 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.49 | 0.91 |
| AUGUST | 0.87 | 1.37 | 1.01 | 0.75 | 1.41 | 0.77 | 2.43 | 2.05 | 1.57 | 1.93 | 1.80 | 1.19 | 0.70 | 1.27 | 0.91 | 0.64 | 1.04 | 2.21 | 1.67 | 0.97 |
| SEPTEMBER | 0.94 | 1.53 | 1.21 | 1.02 | 1.10 | 0.65 | 2.18 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 3.32 | 3.03 | 2.29 | 1.40 | 2.87 | 1.70 | 1.11 | 1.01 | 1.75 | 1.59 | 1.01 |
| OCTOBER | 1.21 | 1.63 | 1.50 | 1.63 | 1.54 | 1.93 | 2.53 | 1.84 | 1.78 | 4.16 | 3.63 | 2.89 | 2.18 | 3.24 | 2.38 | 1.85 | 1.86 | 3.06 | 2.35 | 1.80 |
| NOVEMBER | 1.82 | 1.99 | 1.68 | 1.96 | 2.23 | 2.15 | 4.15 | 3.91 | 3.51 | 4.36 | 4.05 | 3.22 | 2.66 | 3.53 | 2.69 | 1.91 | 2.96 | 3.97 | 3.20 | 2.67 |
| DECEMBER | 1.35 | 1.88 | 1.83 | 3.77 | 3.24 | 3.96 | 3.38 | 3.08 | 3.15 | 5.00 | 4.80 | 3.48 | 2.60 | 3.53 | 2.56 | 1.83 | 3.79 | 4.45 | 4.45 | 2.73 |
| Averages | 1.26 | 1.64 | 1.41 | 1.43 | 1.70 | 1.57 | 2.57 | 2.46 | 2.16 | 3.33 | 2.95 | 2.57 | 2.29 | 2.55 | 1.86 | 1.39 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.40 | 1.75 |
+ STATIONS: D.56 = Barking Park up to December, 1952, and thereafter Alfreds Way. D.57 = Greatfields Park. D. 5 8 = Par sloes Park. D.1571 = Barking Park