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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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - SULPHUR DIOXIDE READINGS MEASURED AS MILLIGRAMS OF S03 PER DAY COLLECTED BY 100 sq. C.M. READ PEROXIDE
MONTH | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.1571 | D.56 | D.57 | D.58 | D.1571 | |
JANUARY | 4.19 | 3.47 | 3.20 | 2.23 | 3.83 | 4.69 | 359 | 2.72 | 3.73 | 3.97 | 3.86 | 2.51 | 4.04 | 5.04 | 4.48 | 3.56 | 4.11 | 4.00 | 4.17 | 3.27 | 3.29 | 3.17 | 3.15 | 2.19 |
FEBRUARY | 4.39 | 3.68 | 3.27 | 2.39 | 2.71 | 357 | 345 | 2.28 | 3.74 | 4.57 | 3.84 | 3.06 | 3.07 | 3.65 | 3.10 | 2.33 | 362 | 3.38 | 364 | 2.42 | 3.20 | 2.98 | 3.32 | 3.26 |
MARCH | 3.46 | 2.24 | 0.59 | 1.29 | 1.91 | 2.74 | 2.12 | 2.41 | 2.08 | 2.50 | 235 | 1.65 | 6.10 | 2.19 | 320 | 1.72 | 2.46 | 2.54 | 2.89 | 1.71 | 1.95 | 1.51 | 2.33 | 1.64 |
APRIL | 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 | 2.37 | 2.42 | 2.52 | 1.48 | 1.63 | 1.88 | 2.86 | 1.57 |
MAY | 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 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.96 | 0.61 | 1.47 | 1.20 | 1.42 | 1.00 |
JUNE | 1.14 | 1.71 | 1.13 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 1.35 | 1.07 | 0.89 | 1.06 | 1.51 | 0.98 | 0.90 | 1.11 | 1.52 | 1.27 | 0.96 | 1.46 | 1.71 | 1.50 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 1.44 | 1.28 | 0.69 |
JULY | 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 | 1.07 | 1.29 | 1.13 | 0.83 | 1.01 | 1.33 | 1.16 | 0.67 |
AUGUST | 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 | 0.96 | 1.25 | 1.07 | 0.80 | 1.23 | 1.52 | 1.00 | 1.42 |
SEPTEMBER | 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 | 0.65 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.75 | 0.87 | 1.19 | 1.17 | 0.71 |
OCTOBER | 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 | 2.47 | 2.83 | 3.12 | 2.16 | 2.01 | 2.15 | 2.56 | 1.70 |
NOVEMBER | 2.66 | 3.53 | 2.69 | 1.91 | 2.96 | 3.97 | 3.20 | 2.67 | 2.63 | 308 | 2.94 | 2.08 | 2.34 | 1.90 | 2.56 | 2.51 | 3.68 | 2.93 | 3.33 | 2.69 | 3.30 | 3.70 | 3.64 | 2.42 |
DECEMBER | 2.60 | 3.53 | 2.56 | 183 | 3.79 | 4.45 | 4.45 | 2.73 | 5.27 | 4.69 | 4.27 | 2.98 | 2.71 | 3.54 | 1.01 | 2.63 | 3.55 | 3.46 | 3.80 | 2.31 | 3.24 | 3.04 | 3.32 | 2.09 |
Averages | 2.29 | 2.55 | 1.86 | 139 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.40 | 1.75 | 2.22 | 2.68 | 2.37 | 1.69 | 2.12 | 2.72 | 2.31 | 1.67 | 2.26 | 2.28 | 2.46 | 1.67 | 2.02 | 2.09 | 2.26 | 1.61 |
STATIONS- D 56 - BarkingCemetery fram May 1955
D.57 - Greatfields Park D.58 - Parslocs Park. D 1571 - Barking Perk fram January, 1955.