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Ilford 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RECORDS JANUARY I960 - DECEMBER I960
| Average Daily Concentrations | Mg/of SO3/day collection by l00sq.cm. of Batch APbO2 (Louvered cover) | Monthly Depoaits | TONS per Sq. MILE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in cubic metre | Sulphur Dioxide in parts per 100 millions | WATER (litzes) | P.H. value | WATER Insoluble matter | ASH | Other Combustible matter | WATER Soluble matter | S.01 | |||
| STATION N0.1 | |||||||||||
| GANTSHILL LIBRARY | |||||||||||
| 1960 | January | 0.25 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 3.10 | 4.4 | 10.17 | 6.31 | 3.86 | 6.07 | 1.68 |
| February | 0.21 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 2.90 | 4.5 | 7.28 | 5.10 | 2.18 | 7.11 | 0.64 | |
| March | 0.10 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 2.10 | 4.8 | 3.66 | 2.32 | 1.34 | 6.64 | 0.74 | |
| April | 0.7 | 4.5 | 0.68 | 0.85 | 5.5 | 5.10 | 3.36 | 1.74 | 4.93 | 0.97 | |
| May | 0.04 | 3.3 | 0.72 | 3.70 | 4.4 | 1.58 | 1.31 | 0.27 | 5.40 | 1.34 | |
| June | 0.03 | 2.6 | 0.73 | 1.85 | 4.8 | 2.01 | 1.31 | 0.70 | 4.30 | 0.94 | |
| July | 0.03 | 2.1 | 0.28 | 6.20 | 5.2 | 9.23 | 7.11 | 2.12 | 5.84 | 0.94 | |
| August | 0.05 | 2.3 | 0.59 | 7.95 | 4.5 | 2.82 | 1.71 | l.11 | 7.52 | 1.64 | |
| September | 0.05 | 2.4 | 0.58 | 7.00 | 4.4 | 4.40 | 2.72 | 1.68 | 5.07 | 1.18 | |
| October | 0.12 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 10.60 | 4.4 | 8.89 | 6.54 | 2.35 | 11.24 | 3.76 | |
| November | 0.20 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 5.85 | 4.4 | 7.25 | 4.97 | 2.28 | 6.01 | 1.78 | |
| December | 0.24 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 5.50 | 4.1 | 9.80 | 7.22 | 2.58 | 7.01 | 1.71 | |
| STATION NO.2 | |||||||||||
| JOHN BRAMSTON SCHOOL | |||||||||||
| 1960 | January | 0.18 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 3.00 | 4.2 | 3.45 | 2.28 | 1.17 | 6.68 | 1.28 |
| February | 0.20 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 2.80 | 4.3 | 3.29 | 2.38 | 0.91 | 5.67 | 1.04 | |
| March | 0.07 | 2.6 | 0.98 | 1.90 | 4.9 | 3.76 | 2.68 | 1.07 | 5.00 | 1.28 | |
| April | 0.05 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.65 | — | 4.53 | 3.22 | 1.31 | 4.63 | 0.77 | |
| May | 0.04 | 2.6 | 1.88 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 2.78 | 1.91 | 0.87 | 5.26 | 1.04 | |
| June | 0.03 | 1.9 | 0.77 | 2.90 | 4.8 | 3.56 | 2.35 | 1.21 | 6.91 | 1.41 | |
| July | 0.02 | 1.7 | 0.58 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.40 | 3.02 | 1.38 | 5.23 | 1.01 | |
| August | 0.04 | 1.8 | 0.76 | 5.35 | 4.6 | 2.95 | 2.11 | 0.84 | 11.75 | 1.88 | |
| September | 0.04 | 2.05 | 0.88 | 6.05 | 4.5 | 2.62 | 1.75 | 0.87 | 5.27 | 1.07 | |
| October | 0.07 | 3.04 | 1.4 | 10.50 | 4.6 | 4.63 | 3.66 | 0.97 | 9.60 | 2.99 | |
| November | 0.13 | 4.02 | 2.3 | 5.25 | 4.2 | 4.16 | 2.95 | 1.21 | 6.21 | 1.81 | |
| December | 0.20 | 5.06 | * - | *- | * _ | *- _ | * _ | * _ | * _ | *_ | |
| STATION NO.3 | |||||||||||
| ILFORD TOWN HALL | |||||||||||
| 1960 | January | 0.31 | 12.9 | 3.1 | 2.20 | 4.1 | 4.00 | 2.63 | 1.37 | 9.40 | 2.57 |
| February | 0.28 | 11.5 | 3.2 | 2.20 | 4.3 | 8.30 | 5.33 | 2.97 | 5.97 | 2.43 | |
| March | 0.18 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 1.70 | 4.8 | 5.45 | 3.17 | 2.28 | 8.04 | 1.83 | |
| April | 0.09 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 0.40 | — | 5.00 | 2.03 | 2.97 | 5.84 | 1.40 | |
| May | 0.06 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.94 | 4.04 | 0.90 | 5.37 | 1.67 | |
| June | 0.04 | 4.0 | 0.99 | 1.85 | 4.9 | 4.33 | 3.10 | 1.23 | 6.04 | 1.33 | |
| July | 0.03 | 3.4 | 0.22 | 5.40 | 4.8 | 6.17 | 3.94 | 2.23 | 7.57 | 1.33 | |
| August | 0.06 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 6.75 | 4.5 | 3.97 | 2.40 | 1.57 | 11.00 | 1.20 | |
| September | 0.05 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 6.75 | 4.5 | 4.57 | 2.74 | 1.83 | 5.40 | 1.70 | |
| October | 0.19 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 9.85 | 4.4 | 9.81 | 6.94 | 2.87 | 12.47 | 3.70 | |
| November | 0.22 | 12.0 | 3.2 | 4.50 | 4.2 | 8.37 | 5.27 | 3.10 | 8.94 | 2.67 | |
| December | 0.31 | 16.4 | 3.7 | 3.75 | 4.3 | 11.27 | 7.67 | 3.60 | 8.27 | 2.10 | |
* Instruments eat of commission.