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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Occupations | 1960 | 1959 | 1958 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Outdoor (Transport | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Occupations (Other | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Indoor (Heavy Manual | - | 6 | - | 4 | ||
| Occupations (Light Manual. | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| (Clerical or ( Sedentary | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| (Other | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Housewife and Domestic, „ | - | 21 | - | 13 | - | 15 |
| Schoolchild | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Shop Assistant | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | -t | 1 |
| Under School Age | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Occupation Unknown | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| Totals | 26 | 34 | 47 | 26 | 40 | 36 |
| Month | Highest Daily Re ad ing | Monthly Average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Dioxide | Smoke | Sulphur Dioxide | Smoke | |||||
| Bt fd. | Chis . | Btfd. | Chis | Bt fd. | Chis. | Bt fd. | Chis. | |
| Jan. | 26.4 | 27.4 | 83 | 79 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 22 | 22 |
| Feb. | 21.1 | 12.5 | 79 | 69 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 18 | 18 |
| Mar. | 18.7 | 17.0 | 28 | 35 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 13 | 13 |
| Apr. | 8.4 | 8.1 | 32 | 33 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 6 | 8 |
| May | 14.3 | 12.2 | 9 | 12 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5 | 5 |
| June | 16.3 | 10.8 | 7 | 7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2 | 3 |
| July | 4.0 | 7.7 | 4 | 3 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2 | 2 |
| Aug. | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6 | 7 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2 | 4 |
| Sep. | 11.4 | 6.2 | 14 | 13 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 5 | 6 |
| Oct. | 10.9 | 7.7 | 21 | 23 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 9 | 9 |
| Nov. | 12.9 | 14.7 | 58 | 56 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 12 | 12 |
| Dec. | 17.6 | 20.4 | 46 | 47 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 23 | 22 |
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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