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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
Edmonton 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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It is intended to install further instruments to replace the deposit gauges previously referred to.
| 1960 | Milligrams of Smoke per 100 cubic metres of air. Average daily value | Parts of Sulphur Dioxide per 100 m. parts of air. Average daily value |
|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5 | 9.1 |
| February | 20.2 | 9.85 |
| March | 11.5 | 7.24 |
| April | 10.8 | 4.60 |
| May | 5.2 | 3.7 |
| June | 2.54 | 2.05 |
| July | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| August | No readings | |
| September | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| (11 days only) October | 12.1 | 5.9 |
| November | 13.0 | 4.5 |
| December | 23.0 | 7.5 |
The smoke filter shows an increased seasonal pollution during the
late autumn and winter and this is mainly caused by smoke from the ordinary
house chimneys.
The Council has decided to make the Borough wholly Smoke Controlled
and it is planned to deal with an area each year.
No.l. Area containing 402 houses came into force on 1st June, 1959.
No.2. Area (immediately adjoining No.l. Area) and containing 2,070 houses
came into force on 1st October, 1960.
No.3. Area. Survey work on this area was completed during 1960. The Order
was confirmed by the Minister and will come into force on the 1st
October, 1961. The area in question is bounded on the north by
Church Street (from Victoria Road to the Great Cambridge Road) on
the west, the Great Cambridge Road (from Church Street to Westerham
Avenue) on the south, Westerham Avenue (from the Great Cambridge
Road to Haselbury Road) and Park Lane (from Haselbury Road to
Victoria Road) and on the east, Victoria Road (from Park Lane to
Church Street). The area comprises about 213 acres immediately
adjoining No.l. Area to the north, and No.2. area to the west, and
contains the following buildings:-
Industrial premises 1
Commercial premises 26
Private dwellings 1,715
Other premises 10
1, 752
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