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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.
5–9 December 1952 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 ...
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 worst recorded instance was the Great Smog of 1952, when 4,000 deaths were reported in the city over a couple of days, and a subsequent 8,000 related deaths, leading to the passage of the Clean Air Act 1956, which banned the use of coal for domestic fires in some urban areas. [15]
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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 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).
Did Winston Churchill’s assistant really die in the London fog? ... the Great Smog of 1952. In the show, Venetia’s death by bus in the thick “pea soup” fog spurs Prime Minister Winston ...