London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bexley 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
This page requires JavaScript
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION.
The Council is represented on the Thameside Advisory Committee for the Abatement of Atmospheric Pollution. By arrangement with this Committee a deposit gauge is installed on the roof of the education Office in Brampton Road, Baxelyheath, and the following table gives the results obtained during 1961.
| MONTH | TONS PER SQUARE MILE. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall I inches | Total water insoluble matter | Soluble in C.S.2. | Ash | Other combustible matter | Total water soluble matter | Calcium | Chlorine | Sulphates | Total solids | |
| January | 2.17 | 5.22 | 0.13 | 3.83 | 1.26 | 4.50 | 0.63 | 1.01 | 1.4 9 | 9.72 |
| February | 1.95 | 5.98 | 0.13 | 4.15 | 1.70 | 6.98 | 1.14 | 0.84 | 3 41 | 12.96 |
| March | 0.49 | 6.94 | 0.11 | 5.28 | 1.55 | 4.14 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 2.31 | 11.08 |
| April | 1.28 | 7.80 | 0.10 | 6.09 | 1.62 | 8.66 | 2.08 | 0.64 | 3.32 | 16.46 |
| May | 1.66 | 5.84 | 0.10 | 4.37 | 1.37 | 3.22 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 1.55 | 9.06 |
| June | 1.31 | 6.25 | 0.12 | 4.54 | 1.59 | 5.20 | 0.76 | 0.47 | 1.78 | 11.45 |
| July | 1.02 | 4.06 | 0.09 | 2.98 | 0.99 | 2.58 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 1.51 | 6.64 |
| August | 2.03 | 4.10 | 0.09 | 2.88 | 1.13 | 3.59 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 1.47 | 7.69 |
| September | 2.01 | 5.94 | 0.07 | 4.46 | 1.41 | 14.73 | 2.99 | 0.84 | 6.10 | 20.67 |
| October | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| November | 2.27 | 5.21 | 0.13 | 4.24 | 0.84 | 11.28 | 1.82 | 1.41 | 5.03 | 16.49 |
| December | 2.61 | 7.30 | 0.12 | 5.44 | 1.73 | 13.69 | 2 54 | 1.88 | 5.20 | 20.99 |
A Lead Peroxide instrument for estimating atmospheric
Sulphur-dioxice is situate near the deposit gauge and the results for the year are set out below.—
| MONTH | Area Exposed | Weight of Ba SO4 | Wt. of SO3 Collected | Mg. of SO3/day Collected by 100 sq cm. of Batch A Pb 02 (Louvered Cover) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Sample | In Control | Due to Exposure | ||||
| Sq. Cm. | Mg. | Mg. | Mg. | Mg /100 sq. Cm./day | ||
| January | 100 | 187.8 | 2.0 | 185.8 | 2.12 | 1.91 |
| February | 95 | 171.8 | 2.0 | 169.8 | 2.11 | 1.97 |
| March | 100 | 247.0 | 1.1 | 245.9 | 2.48 | 2.23 |
| April | 100 | 131.6 | 1.0 | 130.6 | 1.66 | 1.49 |
| May | 100 | 133.8 | 2.9 | 130.9 | 1.45 | 1.31 |
| June | 95 | 100.8 | 1.3 | 99.5 | 1.12 | 1.01 |
| July | 95 | 77.2 | 1.1 | 76.1 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| August | 95 | 76.6 | 1.6 | 75.0 | 0.87 | 0.78 |
| Sptember | 100 | 103.4 | 1.6 | 101.8 | 1.13 | 1.02 |
| October | 95 | 135.2 | 2.2 | 133.0 | 1.60 | 1.44 |
| November | 100 | 208.8 | 1.3 | 207.5 | 2.37 | 2.13 |
| December | 95 | 195.4 | 2.2 | 193.2 | 2.25 | 2.03 |