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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
Southall 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The term "sulphur dioxide" includes all acid producing gases in the air with the
exception of carbon dioxide and is the net acidity of the air calculated as sulphur dioxide
and expressed as microgrammes per cubic metre of air.
Manor House
| Month of Year | SMOKE Microgrammes per cubic metre | SULPHUR DIOXIDE Microgrammes per cubic metre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Average | Highest Daily Average | Monthly Average | Highest Daily Average | |||||
| 1963 | 1964 | 1963 | 1964 | 1963 | 1964 | 1963 | 1964 | |
| January | 211 | 245 | 556 | 589 | 448 | 475 | 1,152 | 1,072 |
| February | 207 | 202 | 310 | 555 | 897 | 332 | 434 | 662 |
| March | 65 | 125 | 148 | 310 | 130 | 267 | 248 | 717 |
| April | 77 | 44 | 232 | 268 | 198 | 131 | 757 | 464 |
| May | 43 | 42 | 82 | 78 | 88 | 101 | 148 | 282 |
| June | 38 | 36 | 90 | 85 | 84 | 99 | 235 | 160 |
| July | 27 | 31 | 58 | 69 | 74 | 99 | 151 | 169 |
| August | 40 | 37 | 88 | 98 | 89 | 89 | 279 | 203 |
| September | 72 | 56 | 417 | 192 | 159 | 129 | 585 | 299 |
| October | 59 | 116 | 176 | 233 | 145 | 266 | 275 | 486 |
| November | 132 | 107 | 577 | 292 | 186 | 221 | 605 | 474 |
| December | - | 159 | 362 | 704 | - | 243 | 577 | 1,356 |
*Figures not available.
Southall Technical College
| Month of Year | SMOKE Microgrammes per cubic metre | SULPHUR DIOXIDE Microgrammes per cubic metre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Average | Highest Daily Average | Monthly Average | Highest Daily Average | |||||
| 1963 | 1964 | 1963 | 1964 | 1963 | 1964 | 1963 | 1964 | |
| January | 238 | 589 | 219 | 688 | ||||
| February | 206 | 544 | 224 | 620 | ||||
| March | 122 | 167 | 146 | 272 | ||||
| April | 26 | 26 | 112 | 316 | ||||
| May | 20 | 35 | 56 | 94 | ||||
| June | 31 | 59 | 50 | 72 | ||||
| July | — | — | — | — | ||||
| August | — | — | — | — | ||||
| September | — | — | — | — | ||||
| October | 54 | — | 135 | — | 84 | — | 173 | — |
| November | 87 | - | 319 | - | 113 | — | 291 | — |
| December | 195 | - | 321 | - | 220 | - | 355 | — |
Technical College discontinued July, 1964.
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