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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
Heston and Isleworth 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Health Department | Heath House | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (inches) | Deposit (tons per sq. mile) | Sulphur (Mgms. SO3 per day per 100 sq. cm.) | Rainfall (inches) | Deposit (tons per sq. mile) | Sulphur (Mgms. SO3 per day per 100 sq. cm.) | |
| May | 1.73 | 9.24 | 1.22 | 1.58 | 12.67 | 1.13 |
| June | 1.38 | 7.73 | 0.95 | 1.18 | 11.08 | 0.95 |
| July | 2.56 | 7.60 | 0.59 | 3.59 | 10.78 | 0.39 |
| August | 1.58 | 4.24 | 0.66 | 2.13 | 6.28 | 0.63 |
| September | 2.80 | 5.61 | 1.08 | 3.82 | 10.03 | 1.13 |
| October | 5.28 | 6.40 | 1.67 | 5.24 | 5.51 | 1.82 |
| November | 2. 17 | 6.09 | 1.88 | 3.59 | 8.11 | 1.49 |
| December | 1.89 | 7.60 | 2.00 | 2.52 | 8.31 | 1.94 |
| Average | 2. 1 | 8.14 | 1.51 | 2.45 | 10.11 | 1.3 |
| Average 1955-59 | 1.85 | 9.13 | 1.1 | 1.81 | 9.65 | 1.16 |
For the months of October, November and December, the average results recorded
on the apparatus on the roof of the Isleworth Telephone Exchange were: rainfall,
3.31 inches; deposit, 7,59 tons per sq. mile and sulphur, 1.92 milligrams SO3 per day
per 100 sq. cm.
The deposit gauges and lead peroxide apparatus have been in use at Heath House
and the Health Department for 10 years and the average monthly results over that period
are as under:-
Deposit (tons per
sq. mile) Sulphur
(Mgms.SO3
per day
per 100
sq. cm.)
January 10.7 1.69
February 10.7 1.55
March 11.4 1.55
April 9.7 0.92
May 10.1 0.73
June 9.5 0.63
July 7.8 0.47
August 7.0 0.46
September 8.0 0.64
October 9.6 1.20
November 9.4 1.58
December 11.0 1.78
For both deposit and sulphur the results are lowest in the summer months when
domestic solid fuel consumption is at its minimum.
During the ten years the average monthly records of deposit and sulphur are
given below.
Deposit Sulphur
1951 12.3 0.72
1952 11.2 0.87
1953 9.1 1.13
1954 7.7 0.97
1955 8.5 0.90
1956 9.3 0 85
1957 10.1 1.10
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