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Patrick Lawther discusses epidemiological surveys which followed the London smog disasters of 1952 and 1962, and Joe Batey explains the Sheffield smoke control programme.
Patrick Lawther discusses epidemiological surveys which followed the London smog disasters of 1952 and 1962, and Joe Batey explains the Sheffield smoke control programme.
| Module code and title: | PT272, Environmental control and public health |
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| Item code: | PT272; 01 |
| First transmission date: | 15-02-1975 |
| Published: | 1975 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | David Jackson |
| Contributors: | Joseph Batey; Patrick Lawther; Andrew Porteous |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Air pollution; Smog; Smoke control |
| Footage description: | Andrew Porteous welcomes students to the course. Programme title over blacked-out view of London from Alexandra Palace. Mix to normal view as Porteous describes the smog of 1952 and introduces a contribution by Prof. Patrick Lawther, Head of the Air Pollution Research Unit at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Lawther describes researches into the connection between high sulphur dioxide concentrations, smoke levels and mortality, explaining his argument with graphs. He demonstrates the Wright peak flow meter. Porteous introduces Joe Batey, former Superintendent Smoke Inspector of Sheffield. Illustrations of Sheffield in the 1830s. Map of smoke control area in Sheffield. Batey describes the planning and execution of the Sheffield programme between 1959-1972. Stills of steel furnaces. Graphs show SO₂ and smoke concentrations, and fog days in comparison with Wakefield and Bradford. Porteous sums up, commenting on the student project associated with this unit. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71552 |
| Production number: | 00525_5181 |
| Videofinder number: | 2884 |
| Available to public: | no |
