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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Month | Highest Daily Reading | Monthly Average | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke | Sulphur Dioxide | Smoke | Sulphur Dioxide | |||||||||
| Brentford | Chiswick Heath-field Terrace | Chiswick Staveley Road | Brentford | Chiswick Heath -field Terrace | Chiswick Staveley Road | Brentford | Chiswick Heath-field Terrace | Chiswick Staveley Road | Brentford | Chiswick Heath-field Terrace | Chiswick Staveley Road | |
| Jan. | 550 | 480 | - | 337 | 375 | - | 130 | 120 | - | 123 | 149 | - |
| Feb. | 280 | 220 | - | 392 | 432 | - | 90 | 90 | - | 132 | 137 | - |
| Mar. | 450 | 370 | - | 818 | 638 | - | 150 | 130 | - | 206 | 177 | - |
| Apr. | 130 | 130 | *100 | 378 | 312 | *332 | 60 | 60 | *50 | 152 | 149 | *132 |
| May. | 90 | 90 | 80 | 203 | 157 | 186 | 29 | 36 | 26 | 97 | 79 | 80 |
| Jun. | 60 | 60 | 50 | 137 | 123 | 174 | 24 | 29 | 21 | 78 | 69 | 71 |
| Jul. | 70 | 60 | 50 | 177 | 117 | 114 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 60 | 63 | 66 |
| Augu | 40 | 50 | 30 | 106 | 140 | 146 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 51 | 58 | 55 |
| Sep, | 80 | 80 | 70 | 446 | 300 | 460 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 140 | 116 | 149 |
| Oct. | 220 | 218 | *205 | 309 | 213 | *215 | 71 | 72 | *85 | 104 | 106 | * 121 |
| Nov. | 490 | 420 | *360 | 689 | 632 | *515 | 166 | 153 | *93 | 219 | 190 | *159 |
| Dec. | 836 | 740 | - | 538 | 631 | - | 285 | 297 | - | 179 | 222 | - |
| * Apparatus working for part of month only | ||||||||||||