London Smog

Analysis＞London Smog

In 1873,1880,1882,1891,serios smog attacked London.

In 1880 the smog killed whooping 1200 people.This was the worst record by 1952.

The occurrence number of days of smog, it was 20 days in the 1840s,

it is now up to 70 days when it comes to the 1890s.

Then TIMES said that

"Even it is over 10 o'clock morning,it is so dark that we can't read letter and over half an hour,

it is dark as if a total eclipse of the sun."

Soot and dust Particle of smut, burned embers and all. was generated so enormous that it made The Lancet written

"Every year,76,000t soot fell,and that is 270t/1㎢."

In other words,76,000t is about 11 african elephants' weight.

After "London smog" , 1952, they were interested in air pollution A word which betokens air becoming pollution because of organic substance
which is included  factory smoke, car exhaust emission and all..

"London smog" is called "Grate smog" and "Killer smog" too.It was the worst air pollution case.

About "The big smoke" which written about UK's air pollution,

on 4 Dec there were breeze and some times the sunshine breaking through the clouds,

though after next day,anticyclone Area which is higher air pressure than circuit.
In it is low humidity and commonly fine weather.
But margin can be cloudy, rain and snow. was gripped,the wind stopped,

inversion base appeared, it was gloomy at noon and it made roads and inside of houses covered with dark fog.

It got worse in 7th and entered history book as"dark Sunday".

Visibility was poor, cause a traffic disturbance and many opera stage stopped because of bad visible.

People complained eye pain and dyspnea The state that respiratory movement aggravated pathologically.
We would lapse into it when gas exchange
which transact in the lungs is encumber and oxygen
which is enough for the organization is not supplied from any cause.
Breathing would become shallowly and frequently,
muscles other than breathing muscle get in breath movementand we should suffer., but ambulances couldn't move,

hospitals were become full with patients and dead men were ever-increasing.

At late noon of 9th TUE, eventually, wind began, though, moss of black cloud moved to east.

As soon as the smog broke up, next acid rain and acid fog hit.

The rain was pH1.4-1.9 sourer than lemons.

And, it carried down about 4000 people"dead men's burden"after a few month.

Tools were singularly many of aged men and babies.

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