Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Occupations | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Outdoor Occupations | (Transport | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| (Other | 2 | - | 5 | - | 3 | - | |
| Indoor Occupations | (Heavy Manual | 7 | - | 6 | - | 2 | - |
| (Light Manual | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 1 | |
| (Clerical or | |||||||
| ( Sedentary | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | |
| (Other | 8 | - | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| Housewife and Domestic | - | 20 | - | 29 | - | 20 | |
| School child | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Shop Assistant. | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | |
| Under School Age | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| Occupation Unknown | 3 | - | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Totals | 46 | 32 | 50 | 45 | 53 | 41 | |
| Month | Highest Daily Reading | Monthly Average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Dioxide | Smoke | Sulphur Dioxide | Smoke | |||||
| Bt fd. | Chis. | Bt fd. | Chis. | Bt fd. | Chis. | Bt fd. | Chis. | |
| Jan. | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
| Feb. | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.35 | 0 41 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| Mar. | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| Apr. | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| May | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| June | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| July | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0. 02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Aug. | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
| Sep. | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.06 |
| Oct. | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.56 | 0.46 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Nov. | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.22 |
| Dec, | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.28 |
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