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In February 1953, Marcus Lipton suggested in the House of Commons that the fog had caused 6,000 deaths and that 25,000 more people had claimed sickness benefits in London during that period. [33] Mortality remained elevated for months after the fog. [30] A preliminary report, never finalised, blamed those deaths on an influenza epidemic. [1]
The 1962 London smog was a severe smog episode that affected London, England, in December 1962.It occurred ten years after the Great Smog of London, in which serious air pollution had killed as many as 12,000 people.
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 ...
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Piccadilly Circus during the Great Smog of London, 1952. Pea soup fog (also known as a pea souper, black fog or killer fog) is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog caused by air pollution that contains soot particulates and the poisonous gas sulphur dioxide.
The Great Smog of 1952 in London. Early in December 1952, a cold fog descended upon London. Because of the cold, Londoners began to burn more coal than usual. The resulting air pollution was trapped by the inversion layer formed by the dense mass of cold air. Concentrations of pollutants, coal smoke in particular, built up dramatically.
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The Great Smog of 1952 darkened the streets of London and killed approximately 4,000 people in the short time of four days (a further 8,000 [92] died from its effects in the following weeks and months). Initially, a flu epidemic was blamed for the loss of life.