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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
Ealing 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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of the Clean Air Act, and to enable them to see the best
types of appliance for use with approved fuels.
Since it is nearly twelve years since our Clean Pood
Scheme was inaugurated by the holding of an exhibition it
was thought that it would be desirable to fulfil a double
purpose and to hold a Clean Pood Exhibition in conjunction
with the Clean Air Exhibition.
The combined Exhibition will be held in the Town Hall
from Wednesday, September 27th to Wednesday October 4th,
1961, that being the earliest period in which all the
halls required are available at the same time.
Atmospheric Pollution Gauges
| 1960 | Deposited matter expressed as tons per square mile per month | Sulphur compounds by lead peroxide method expressed as milligrams S0 /day collected by 100 sq cm of Batch A Pb02 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkbeck Avenue | Longfield Depot | Greenford Green | Birkbeck Avenue | Longfield Depot | Green ford Green | |
| Jan. | 12.84 | 12.67 | 9.16 | 1.16 | 3.90 | 1.39 |
| Feb. | 7,70 | 13.21 | 1004 | 2.66 | 3.83 | 2.15 |
| March. | 9.10 | 16.34 | 11.665 | 1.86 | 4.15 | 2.51 |
| April. | 10,57 | 8.60 | 7.52 | 1.07 | 2.12 | 1.40 |
| May. | 10.57 | 14.11 | 8.04 | 1.02 | 2.07 | 1.17 |
| June. | 19.31 | 13.44 | 10.54 | 0.77 | 1.65 | 0.77 |
| July. | 8.54 | 6.44 | 4.14 | 0.35 | 0.98 | 0.51 |
| Aug. | 9.94 | 10.27 | 5. 60 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 0.39 |
| Sept. | 11.84 | 10,64 | 4.74 | 1.03 | 1.69 | 1.16 |
| Oct. | 10.51 | 11.07 | 5.67 | 1.31 | 2.80 | 1.80 |
| Nov. | 8.70 | 10.24 | 7.54 | 1,14 | 3.28 | 1.91 |
| Dec. | 13.54 | 11,17 | 6.24 | 1,33 | 3.20 | 1.79 |
Average Monthly Concentrations of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide
| 1960 | Smoke in Milligrammes per 100 cubic metres | Sulphur Dioxide in parts per hundred million | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Hall | Ellots Green School | Walpole Grammar School | Town Hail | Ellots Green School | Walpole Grammar School | |
| Jan. | 24 | 16 | 20 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 9.6 |
| Feb. | 19 | 17 | 19 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 9.4 |
| March. | 14 | 10 | 13 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 11.9 |
| April. | 9 | - | - | 5.2 | - | - |
| May. | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| June. | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| July. | 2 | 2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Aug. | 3 | 3.4 | 1. 5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | |
| Sept. | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
| Oct. | 12.4 | 14.2 | 12.2 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 8.5 |
| Nov. | 11.3 | 12 | 14.5 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 7.1 |
| Dec. | 22 | 22.3 | 25.5 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 12.3 |
* No returns due to Easter holidays