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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
Barking 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION—SULPHUR DIOXIDE READINGS MEASURED AS MILLIGRAMS OF S03 PER DAY COLLECTED BY 100 sq. C.M. LEAD PEROXIDE
| MONTH | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.1571 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.1571 | |
| JANUARY | 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 | 3.73 | 3.97 | 3.86 | 2.51 | 4.04 | 5.04 | 4.48 | 3.56 |
| FEBRUARY | 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 | 3.74 | 4.57 | 3.84 | 3.06 | 3.07 | 3.65 | 3.10 | 2.33 |
| MARCH | 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 | 2.08 | 2.50 | 2.35 | 1.65 | 6.10 | 2.19 | 3.20 | 1.72 |
| APRIL | 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 | 1.17 | 1.48 | 1.84 | 0.88 | 1.79 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.13 |
| MAY | 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 | 0.97 | 1.49 | 1.24 | 0.92 | 1.90 | 2.10 | 1.87 | 1.08 |
| JUNE | 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 | 1.06 | 1.51 | 0.98 | 0.90 | 1.11 | 1.52 | 1.27 | 0.96 |
| JULY | 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 | 1.07 | 1.67 | 1.41 | 0.91 | 1.34 | 1.55 | 1.28 | 0.82 |
| AUGUST | 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 | 1.20 | 1.84 | 1.11 | 1.14 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.38 | 0.95 |
| SEPTEMBER | 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 | 1.52 | 2.34 | 1.82 | 1.40 | 1.31 | 1.47 | 1.44 | 0.88 |
| OCTOBER | 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 | 2.47 | 3.00 | 2.81 | 1.91 | 2.30 | 2.49 | 2.40 | 1.52 |
| NOVEMBER | 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 | 2.63 | 3.08 | 2.94 | 2.08 | 2.34 | 1.90 | 2.56 | 2.51 |
| DECEMBER | 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 | 5.27 | 4.69 | 4.27 | 2.98 | 2.71 | 3.54 | 1.01 | 2.63 |
| Averages | 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 | 2.22 | 2.68 | 2.37 | 1.69 | 2.12 | 2.72 | 2.31 | 1.67 |
| STATIONS. | D..56—Barking Pa.rk ; Alfreds Way from May, 1952 ; Barking Cemetery from May, 1955. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D.57—Greatfields Park. | D.58—Parsloes Park. | D.1571—Barking P.irk from January. 1955. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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