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IN October, 1901, the London County Council determined to investigate the condition of the atmosphere in the tube of the Central London Railway, in order to ascertain how far the threatened multiplication of underground tubes might affect the public health. As the result of this, the chemist to the County Council, in conjunction with Dr. Andrewes, made a chemical and bacteriological examination of the condition of the atmosphere in the tunnels, stations, carriages, and lifts of the Central London Railway, as compared with the outside air under ordinary conditions. As might have been expected, it was shown by the experiments that the fluctuations in the amount of carbon dioxide and organic matter present in the tube were very great.
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The Ventilation of the Tubes . Nature 67, 488–489 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067488a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/067488a0