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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
Hackney 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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AIR POLLUTION
Table I: Monthly Deposit recorded by the Deposit Gauge, and Sulphur Dioxide by the Lead Peroxide Method
at Atmospheric Pollution Recording Stations.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep | Oct. | N ov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Rain | 43 | 0 | 42 | 43 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 74 | 0 | 40 | 62 | 70 |
| 10.5 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 7.8 | 9 | |
| 10.4 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 5 1 | 7.4 | 9,9 | 10.6 | |
| ø Sulphur Dioxide (etc.) | 6.9 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4 |
| * Rain | 43 | 1 | 45 | 38 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 83 | 0 | 44 | 60 | 73 |
| 9.0 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 8 | |
| 10.1 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 10.1 | |
| ø Sulphur Dioxide (etc.) | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1,0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| * Rain | - | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | 88 | 2 | 48 | 73 | - |
| - | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | 9.8 | 13 | 24.1 | 9.4 | - | |
| - | - | 8.7 | - | - | - | - | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.5 | - | |
| ø Sulphur Dioxide (etc. ) | 3.2 | - | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | - | 1.0 | - | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1 |
* Rainfall in millimetres per month.
/ Insoluble deposits and soluble deposits are expressed as rate of deposition in tons per square mile per month,
d The amounts of Sulphur Dioxide are expressed as "milligrams of sulphur trioxide fixed per day per 100 square
centimetres of Batch "A" standard lead peroxide".