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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
Wimbledon 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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The following tables give the results of recordings up to December, 1958:—
Cannizaro Nursery Site.
| Month | Deposit per month (in tons per sq. mile) | SO2 per day (in milligrams per 100 sq. centimetres of candle) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insoluble Solids | Soluble Solids | Total Solids | ||
| April | 5.3 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 1.3 |
| May | 3.7 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 0.45 |
| June | 2.5 | 10.9 | 13.4 | 0.6 |
| July | 3.5 | 5.5 | 90 | 0.6 |
| August | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| September | 11.7 | 15.6 | 27.3 | 0.6 |
| October | 2.4 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
| November | 4.2 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 3.2 |
| December | 5.2 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 1.8 |
Wimbledon Cemetery Site.
| Month | Deposit per month (in tons per sq. mile) | SO2 per day (in milligrams per 100 sq. centimetres of candle) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insoluble Solids | Soluble Solids | Total Solids | ||
| April | 6.1 | 5.5 | 11.6 | 2.0 |
| May | 4.6 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 0.7 |
| June | 4.2 | 10.6 | 14.8 | 0.7 |
| July | 8.0 | 5.9 | 13.9 | 0.45 |
| August | 3.0 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| September | 4.7 | 7.2 | 11.9 | 0.9 |
| October | 3.0 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 1.3 |
| November | 6.1 | 8.0 | 14.1 | 1.9 |
| December | 3.1 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 2.6 |
During the year the Council appointed the Chairman of the Health
Committee and the Senior Public Health Inspector as their representatives
on the Standing Conference convened by the Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research and comprising all the co-operating
bodies involved in the investigation of atmospheric pollution.
At the time of writing consideration is being given to a Clean Air
Programme to enable the whole of the Borough to be eventually
declared a Smoke Control Area.
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