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Malden and Coombe 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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Clean Air Act. 1956.
Fourteen notices of intention to instal furnaces with a rating of
55,000 British thermal units or more per hour were received.
During the year 107 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 and sulphur dioxide expressed in microgrammes per
cubic metre for the years 1959 - 1963 recorded at New Maiden and Kingston
Yale.