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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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It is intended to install three further smoke filters so as to give adequate information on atmospheric pollution in the Borough; when the new apparatus is installed, the use of the existing deposit gauges will be discontinued.
| 1961 | Concentration of Smoke Milligrams per 100 cubic metres of air Average daily value | Parts of Sulphur Dioxide per 100 million parts of air. Average daily value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | (B) | (A) | (B) | |
| January | 15.0 | – | 8.6 | – |
| February | 13.0 | – | 8.5 | – |
| March | 16.0 | – | 8.2 | – |
| Concentration of Smoke -micrograms per cubic metre | Concentration of Sulphur Dioxide micrograms per cubic metre | |||
| April | 46 | – | 121 | – |
| May | 21 | – | 63 | – |
| June | 22 | – | 66 | – |
| July | 15 | 25 | 41 | 68 |
| August | 12 | 14 | 42 | 57 |
| September | 39 | 54 | 88 | 41 |
| October | 28 | 97 | 118 | 110 |
| November | 139 | 212.5 | 217.5 | 682 |
| December | 209 | 231 | 507 | 314 |
(A) Latymer School (B) Mandeville School
The two main points brought out by the figures are that November and
December were much the most polluted months of the year and that the air is
much more polluted around the Mandeville School than around the Latymer School.
November and December were cold and foggy and the home fires were therefore
burning brightly with the smoke from time to time tending to be trapped in fog.
The Latymer School has its own playing field around it, a public recreation
ground to the west of it and lies within Smoke Control Area No. 3. which came
into force on the 1st October, 1961. The Mandeville School is within a
built-up area which is not yet a Smoke Control Area. Smoke Control Area No. 1.
is north of the Latymer School and Smoke Control Area No. 2. immediately west
of it and it can therefore be said to have buffer zones to the west and north.
There are no Smoke Control Areas immediately near Mandeville School.
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