[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City.

  • Winchester (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Abatements of Nuisances (cont°d) After service of notice the Corporation is empowered to enter and do work if urgent work remains undone after a short specified period.of time. ~ 4 cases it was found necessary to execute work in defaulto Provision is made or the recovery of costs incurred, which in this case was £7op 12s „ odc RECORDING- OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION The results of measurements of air pollution have continued to be supplied to the Atmospheric Pollution Research Section of the Department of Scientif and Industrial. Researcho Facts and figures have been derived from the two atmospheric pollution stations within the City, each station being equipped with a standard deposit gauge for the measurement of solid deposits, and a lead peroxide instrument, for the estimation of the amount ef sulphur compounds in the air0 The consequent work in the laboratory of the Public Analyst in.carrying out the various measurements and analysis accounted for 46 separate determinations, by standardised methods0 The following table shows the total amount oi soluble and insoluble matter collected in tb© gaugesg“ Month I960 Total Deposited Matter (Soot) Tons per sq« ml0 Sulphur Dioxide So0* 3 Exposed Surfac in Milligramme ? 100 sg* cm* 3e per Day* --- Fire Station North Walls Fire Station North Walls J anuary 9.64 12o94 I0O4 0*92 February 10o07 12,93 1* 32 lol4 March 10*40 13 06O 0o82 0*84 April 12*04 17.75 0o74 0*88 May 9d7 13.84 0*55 0*59 June 12*47 16*33 0o34 0.48 July loll 9.50 0o30 Oo35 August 6067 9.10 Oo 31 0.35 September 6o60 10o00 Oo35 Oo37 October * # 0*69 0.59 November llolO lie 17 I0O8 1*02 December 4o47 7.07 1.38 1.25 * Owing to the heavy rainfall which flooded the gauge bottles, no results are avail able for'deposited matter during the month of October0 The amount of matter collected from any particular source of pollution depends upon the wind direction and velocity, and the rainfallo For this reason a lengthy period of observation will be necessary, before any reliable conclusions ca be made on the atmospheric conditions of Winchester,,