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The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952.A period of unusually cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants—mostly arising from the use of coal—to form a thick layer of smog over the city.
Since the Second World War, severe smog episodes had occurred in November 1948 (causing an estimated 700 to 800 deaths), December 1952 (12,000 deaths), January 1956 (1,000 deaths), December 1957 (750 deaths) and January 1959 (over 200 deaths). [2] The 1952 Great Smog of London had forced the government to consider new anti-pollution legislation ...
The Great Smog of London (5–9 December 1952). Delayed fatalities rise from 10,000 to 12,000. [157] 2,200: 1880 Coal smog (London, 1880). [158] 1,000: December 1956 1956 London smog. [159] 780: December 1873 1873 London smog [160] 779: December 1892 1892 London smog [161] 700–800: December 1948 1948 London smog [161] 300–405: January ...
London's poor air quality was an issue for centuries, but between Dec. 5 and 9, 1952, a perfect storm of weather patterns helped create a tragic event that killed thousands, later sparking the ...
The most lethal incidence of this smog in London occurred in 1952 and resulted in the Clean Air Act 1956 and Clean Air Act 1968, both now repealed and consolidated into the Clean Air Act 1993, which were effective in largely removing sulphur dioxide and coal smoke, the causes of pea soup fog, though these have been replaced by less visible ...
The Met’s Homicide unit has said it is treating the deaths of a 51-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman at an address in Lower Mardyke Avenue, Rainham, as ‘unexplained’. Murder detectives ...
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1873 London smog: 1873 (December) The first in a series of major smog build-ups in London [66] [67] 779 [68] 1892 London smog: 1892 (December) Excess deaths from air pollution 778 [53] 2017 heat wave: 2017 (June) 748+ Royal Charter Storm: 1859 (26 October) The Royal Charter and other ships wrecked in Lligwy Bay, Anglesey: 738: HMS Bulwark ...