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Malden and Coombe 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]

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Area No. 5. Worcester Park area bounded by railway lines
Motspur Park to Worcester Park and Beverley Brook.
Area Mo. 6. Maiden Green area, bounded by Railway lines
Motspur Park to Worcester Park, Borough boundary with Boroughs of
Sutton and Cheam and Epsom and Ewell, Hogsmill River, and railway
lines Motspur Park to Maiden Manor.
Area No. 7. Kingston Hill area hounded by Borough boundary with
Borough of Richmond at rear of Kingston Hill, Warren Road, Coombe
Lane West and boundary with Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.
Clean Air Act. 1955.
Seven notices of intention to instal furnaces with a rating
exceeding 55,000 British thermal units or more per hour were received.
During the year 151 visits were made in connection with smoke
abatement.
Atmospheric Pollution - Recording.
The following tables show the daily average, and highest and
lowest concentrations of smoke expressed in milligrammes per 100 cubic
metres and sulphur dioxide concentration as parts per 100 million
volumes of air for the years 1959, 1960 and 1961 recorded at New Maiden
and Kingston Vale.