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Ilford 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RECORDS JANUARY 1959 - DECEMBER 1959
| Average Daily Concentrations | MG. of SO1/day collection by 100 sq.cm. of Hatch A Pb02 (Lonvered cover) | Monthly Deposits | TONS per Sq. MILE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in MG. per cubic metre | Sulphur Dioxide in parts per 100 millions | WATER (litres) | P.H value | WATER Insoluble matter | ASH | Other Combustible matter | WATER soluble matter | S.O4 | |||
| STATION NO. 1 | |||||||||||
| GANTSHILL LIBRARY | |||||||||||
| 1959 | January | 0.53 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 3.10 | 4.1 | 6.75 | 5.00 | 1.75 | 8.63 | |
| February | 0.36 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 0.10 | — | 7.52 | 5.07 | 2.45 | 5.97 | ||
| March | 0.12 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 8.19 | 5.74 | 2.45 | 7.89 | 2.48 | |||
| April | 0.47 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 3.25 | 4.9 | 5.20 | 3.46 | 1.74 | 6.07 | 1.58 | |
| May | 0.03 | 2.5 | 0.61 | 2.75 | 6.1 | 4.13 | 2.85 | 1.28 | 2.95 | 0.97 | |
| June | 0.03 | 1.9 | 0.55 | 3.79 | 2.75 | 1.04 | 2.89 | 0.67 | |||
| July | 1.6 | 1.85 | 6.7 | 4.87 | 3.36 | 1.51 | 4.80 | 1.44 | |||
| August | 0.03 | 2.3 | 0.49 | 1.85 | 4.4. | 3.02 | 2.01 | 1.01 | 3.09 | 1.17 | |
| September | 1.01 | 0.45 | — | — | 5.54 | 3.83 | 1.71 | 0.37 | |||
| October | 0.11 | 4.4 | 0.85 | 3.20 | 5.2 | 6.48 | 4.73 | 1.75 | 7.18 | ||
| November | 0.24 | 9.0 | 2.1 | 4.15 | 4.4 | 4.63 | 3.39 | 1.24 | 8.09 | 2.25 | |
| December | 0.17 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 5.75 | 4.4 | 5.77 | 3.15 | 10.34 | |||
| STATION NO.2 | |||||||||||
| JOHN BRAMSTON SCHOOL | |||||||||||
| 1959 | January | 0.27 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.05 | 0.77 | 5.91 | 1.64 | ||
| February | 0.09 | 3.3 | 0.10 | — | 4.73 | 2.95 | 1.78 | 3.22 | 0.84 | ||
| March | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 4.90 | 3.32 | 1.58 | 1.81 | ||||
| April | 3.46 | 1.5 | 3.25 | 4.5 | 3.79 | 2.79 | 1.00 | 5.50 | 1.31 | ||
| May | 0.27 | 1.7 | 1.55 | 5.6 | 3.06 | 2.15 | 0.91 | 2.55 | 0.81 | ||
| June | 1.5 | 0.69 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 3.29 | 2.65 | 0.64 | 1.51 | 0.44 | ||
| July | 0.01 | 1.4 | 3.15 | 1.98 | 1.17 | 3.83 | 1.31 | ||||
| August | 0.03 | 1.15 | 4.3 | 1.61 | 0.97 | 0.64 | 3.25 | 1.04 | |||
| September | 1.04 | 0.58 | — | — | 6.14 | 4.43 | 1.71 | 2.05 | 0.44 | ||
| October | 0.09 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 2.90 | 4.8 | 4.43 | 3.39 | 1.04 | 5.81 | 1.88 | |
| November | 5.3 | 2.3 | 4.70 | 4.3 | 6.58 | 4.30 | 8.90 | ||||
| December | 0.13 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 5.35 | 4.4 | 4.87 | 3.09 | 1.78 | 2.15 | ||
| STATION NO.3 | |||||||||||
| ILFORD TOWN HALL | |||||||||||
| 1959 | January | 0.56 | 22.7 | 4.5 | 1.90 | 4.1 | 7.94 | 5.07 | 2.87 | 9.91 | |
| February | 0.41 | 20.38 | 4.7 | 0.05 | — | 6.64 | 4.00 | 2.64 | 5.30 | 1.57 | |
| March | 0.18 | 8.7 | 1.05 | 7.8 | 8.34 | 5.34 | 3.00 | 12.74 | 2.63 | ||
| April | 0.30 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 5.67 | 3.44 | 2.23 | 8.40 | 2.17 | |
| May | 0.05 | 4.0 | 1.95 | 5.9 | 4.39 | 1.51 | 3.78 | 1.30 | |||
| June | 3.2 | 0.12 | 4.34 | 2.90 | 1.44 | 2.40 | |||||
| Jnly | 0.03 | 1.0 | 0.95 | 6.7 | 5.27 | 3.57 | 1.70 | 4.14 | 1.27 | ||
| August | 0.04 | 3.8 | 0.77 | 1.15 | 4.6 | 3.20 | 2.00 | 1.20 | 3.30 | 1.37 | |
| September | 0.04 | 3.09 | 0.78 | — | _ | 4.14 | 3.04 | 1.10 | 2.43 | 0.70 | |
| October | 0.14 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 8.04 | 5.37 | 2.67 | 9.00 | 2.97 | |||
| November | 15.2 | 3.2 | 3.65 | 4.1 | 8.67 | 5.44 | 3.23 | 13.14 | 2.90 | ||
| December | 0.21 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 3.50 | 4.1 | 6.67 | 3.83 | 2.84 | 11.91 | 3.34 | |