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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Deposit Gauges and Lead Dioxide Instruments (Monthly analysis)
| 1963 | Deposited matter expressed as tons per square mile per month | Sulphur compounds by lead dioxide method expressed as milligrams SO3/day collected by 100 sq. cm of Batch A Pbo2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkbeck Avenue | Longfield Depot | Birkbeck Avenue | Longfield Depot | |
| Jan. | 12.34 | 8.67 | 4.10 | 6.50 |
| Feb. | 20.58 | 14.44 | 1.40 | 5.30 |
| March | 23.91 | 22.58 | 1.40 | 3.10 |
| April | 19.78 | 17.34 | M0 | 2.70 |
| May | 18.98 | 12.94 | 0.73 | 1.40 |
| June | 28.75 | 17.21 | 0.55 | 1.20 |
| July | 23.71 | 20.88 | 0.34 | 1.80 |
| August | 13.64 | 11.47 | 0.37 | 0.90 |
| Sept. | 16.11 | 13.97 | 0.71 | 1.50 |
| Oct. | 18.53 | 14.40 | 0.77 | 1.80 |
| Nov. | 18.78 | 17.77 | 0.92 | 3.30 |
| Dec. | 16.71 | 15.04 | 1.40 | 3.30 |
| Average for year | 19.32 | 15.56 | 115 | 2.73 |
Average Monthly Concentrations of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide (Daily Volumetric Instruments)
| Smoke in Microgrammes | Sulphur Dioxide in Microgrammes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | per cubic metre | per cubic metre | ||||
| Town Hall | Eliots Green School | Walpole Grammar School | Town Hall | Eliots Green School | Walpole Grammar School | |
| Jan. | 173.6 | 176.2 | 242.3 | 488.5 | 382.5 | 483.3 |
| Feb. | 217.4 | 172.4 | 219.8 | 335.9 | 449.2 | 491.8 |
| March | 50.8 | 49.3 | 46.2 | 332.0 | 147.2 | 142.3 |
| April | 89.5 | * | * | 271.0 | * | * |
| May | 30.4 | 17.2 | 27.3 | 119.4 | 69.7 | 79.4 |
| June | 25.2 | 12.3 | 22.7 | 97.0 | 50.1 | 86.7 |
| July | 22.2 | 25.4 | 16.4 | 93.3 | 74.6 | 102.2 |
| August. | 32.6 | * | * | 114.6 | * | * |
| Sept. | 52.8 | 49.5 | 57.8 | 139.9 | 130.5 | 208.0 |
| Oct. | 71.6 | 45.2 | 53.3 | 187.6 | 119.6 | 120.3 |
| Nov. | 100.4 | 100.2 | 112.1 | 252.9 | 184.7 | 180.0 |
| Dec. | 187.7 | 104.4 | 195.6 | 359.9 | 298.6 | 371.8 |
| Average for year ... | 87.8 | 74.8 | 99.3 | 232.6 | 190.6 | 226.5 |
*School holidays.
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