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

Haringey 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Investigation of Atmospheric Pollution
Haringey continued to co-operate with the Ministry of Technology by operating four instruments at
suitable sites in the Borough for recording the daily level of smoke and sulphur dioxide in the
atmosphere. In addition to giving information on local trends, the data forms part of information
collected by the Ministry to show national distribution and trends in atmospheric pollution. The
readings obtained depend to some extent on varying local meteological conditions and at times
these may give rise to deviations from the general trend.

Table: TABLE AAverage Daily Readings of Smoke and Suplhur Dioxide in the Atmosphere 1968/69(Microgrammes per cubic metre)

TABLE A

Average Daily Readings of Smoke and Suplhur Dioxide in the Atmosphere 1968/69

(Microgrammes per cubic metre)

Hornsey Town Hall N.8. (1)Burghley Road N.8. (2)Tottenham Town Hall N.15. (3)Civic Centre N.22. (4)
ClassificationA.3A. 1A.2D.2
(a) Smoke
July 1968N212321
AugustN192219
September33454845
October68887066
November867310289
December9181108124
January 196971697971
February64677066
March5450N53
April312831N
May313034114
June19162018
(b) Sulphur Dioxide
July 1968N567665
AugustN566858
September110938469
October120159141144
November199132207171
December319221292274
January 1969262192249237
February227187214200
March179174N195
April131116129N
May122128134138
June73657983

Text

Copy text to clipboard

NOTE: 'N' indicates that number of readings insufficient to give accurate average.
21