[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull County Borough.

  • Solihull (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The tables above indicate the number of premises which were visitedo The official tables requested to be completed ij the Minister contain columns which have been omitted from the above because they merely provided ‘Nil’ returnsc ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION The Smoke Control Areas Nosc2 and 3 mentioned in last year s Report were proceeded with and were due to come into operation on the 1st June, 1963o In accordance with the Cound decision to proceed with its Smoke Control Programme, inspec were started on premises to be included in Smoke Control Are No o 4« The results from the five depo sit gauges sho w that the was a s light incre ase in the amount of grit dep 0 si ted as comp are d with 1961 and also a s 1ight in crease i n the amount i sulphur dioxide as measured by means of the fiv e L ead Peroxi can dl es an d by th e Daily Volume trie app aratu s. The average Da. ly s] moke figure shows an inc rease th is year and is the hi ghest figure sin ce records we re started in 19 55. Severa 1 days of dense fog during the ea rly months of th e y ear seem t. have be en responsi bl e. Deposit Gauges; Re suits express ed in tons per s ;qua re mile ; depo sit gauges col lect dust and grit f rom the atmosphere 0 Ru rm an Cranmo re Gres = Eai 01 ton. ■ Road Bl vd. wo 1 d e WO( Average monthly Deposit; 1962 31 • e 0 « ♦ ... 8.92 8.68 7.01 5. 58 5. 1961 e 0 r * 9 9 8.03 7.35 6.52 5. 27 4. 1960 9 <9 e 4 8 0 ... 10.14 10.38 8.57 6.32 6.' Annual rainfall in inches; 1962 0 e a 0 0 « ... 21.18 24.50 27.34 22.81 25.. 1961 3 * C 0 0 0 ... 20.67 24.21 24. 66 22.05 231 1960 fl ' f p e 31.-40 33.74 36.23 33. 50 35j Lead Peroxide Candles*. The sulphur dioxide in the atmosph en* reacts on the lead peroxide in the instrument to form lead sulphate the amount of change i Ls mea sured and forms the bai of comparison.
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