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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
Hayes and Harlington 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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in fairly close proximity to the Bath Road and London Airport
but it is a considerable distance away from any source of smoke
particularly in a southerly and south westerly direction; the
station at Coldharbour Lane is in the centre of the town where
it is likely to receive the full effect of industrial pollution
and the station at Grange Park School is in the middle of a
modern residential area.
Monthly Averages for Sulphur Dioxide 1960
| SULPHUR (parts per 100 million) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| William Byrd School, Bath Road | Coldharbour Lane | Grange Park School, Lansbury Drive | |
| January | 7.0 | 6.2 | 7.5 |
| February | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| March | 7. 1 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| April | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| May | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| June | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| July | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| August | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| September | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| October | 4.7 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| November | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| December | 6.1 | 9.5 | 6.6 |