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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
Shoreditch 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Smoke Pollution
Daily measurements of the quantity of smoke and sulphur dioxide in
the air are. recorded by the Volumetric apparatus installed in the Town Hall.
The monthly averages of the quantity of the smoke is given in the graph for the
two years 1962-1963 and they show fairly close proximity to each other. It is
interesting to note that in this "busy manufacturing Borough the level of smoke
pollution compares favourably with the other London and Greater London Boroughs
The low summer figures are very satisfactory. The measuring apparatus at the
Town Hall is not present included in a Smoke Control Area and the effect of
this will' not "be known until 1965.