[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough.

  • Rotherham (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    College of Technology. Sulphur di-oxide monthly LIltra-violet ray Soot deposit gauge estimations readings (lead cone) Equivalent to Weight of Total Daily Total Total tons per square mile. SO 3 per Month units average Rainfall solids insoluble 100 • dissol’d matter Total Total Total sq. cms. insoluble soluble solids grammes. m/m’s. grams. grams January ... 7.5 0.24 No obser vation made 0.2038 February... 9.0 0.32 72.7 0.240 0.419 14.87 8.52 23.39 0.1455 March 16.5 0.53 52.5 0.211 0.358 12.71 7.49 20.20 0.1345 April 16.5 0.55 30.8 0.186 0.363 12.88 6.60 19.48 0.0972 May 28.0 0.90 47.0 0.172 0.418 14.84 6.10 20.94 0.1093 June 62.0 2.07 23.9 0.184 0.485 17.21 6.53 23.74 0.0734 July 51.5 1.66 40.9 0.179 0.377 13.38 6.35 19.73 0.0834 August ... 52.0 1.68 8.9 0.144 0.362 12.84 5.11 17.95 0.0809 September 34.5 1.15 32.9 0.189 0.443 15.72 6.71 22.43 0.1156 October ... 12.0 0.39 108.0 0.326 0.509 18.06 11.57 29.63 0.1048 November 11.0 0.37 44.4 0.201 0.377 13.38 7.14 20.52 0.1620 December 6.0 0.19 7.7 0.215 0.549 19.48 7.63 27.11 0.1969 Average ... 25.5 0.84 42.7 0.204 0.424 15.03 7.25 22.28 0.1256 Daily volumetric estimations of sulphur dioxide were carried out during the year at the College of Technology, and returns were sent to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Considerable difficulties were met with owing to the failure of the electric motor pump on numerous occasions and the alkalinity of the hyperol supplies.