London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Occupations | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Outdoor (Transport | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Occupations (Other | 4 | - | 6 | - | 2 | - |
| Indoor (Heavy Manual | 6 | - | 4 | - | 7 | |
| Occupations (Light Manual | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| (Clerical or ( Sedentary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 |
| (Other | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | - |
| Housewife and Domestic | - | 13 | 15 | 20 | ||
| School child | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Shop Assistant | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Under School Age | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Occupation Unknown | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Totals | 47 | 26 | 40 | 36 | 46 | 32 |
| Month | Highest Daily Reading | Monthly Average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Dioxide | Smoke | Su1phur Dioxide | Smoke | |||||
| Bt fd. | Chis | Bt fd. | Chis. | Bt fd. | Chis. | Bt fd. | Chis. | |
| Jan. | 27.0 | 30.1 | 89 | 78 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 22 | 22 |
| Feb. | 32.2 | 420.9 | 70 | 81 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 17 | 19 |
| Mar. | 13. 6 | 19.3 | 20 | 24 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 7 | 9 |
| Apr. | 25.7 | 27.3 | 23 | 22 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 7 | 8 |
| May | 17.1 | 13.1 | 10 | 11 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 4 | 7 |
| June | 8.4 | 12.4 | 7 | 12 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 2 | 4 |
| July | 6.4 | 8.7 | 3 | 7 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1 | 3 |
| Aug. | 10.5 | 11.9 | 6 | 10 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 2 | 4 |
| Sep. | 7.7 | 12.4 | 11 | 16 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4 | 6 |
| Oct. | 13.3 | 16.3 | 15 | 18 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 7 | 8 |
| Nov. | 180.6 | 22.9 | 40 | 60 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 12 | 13 |
| Dec. | 24.4 | 27.3 | 70 | 68 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 19 | 20 |
Sulphur Dioxide - parts per 100 million (corrected to first decimal place)
Smoke - milligrammes per 100 cubic metres (corrected to nearest whole number)
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