about the London fog

The big smog disaster  in London began on 5 December 1952. The London smog had the consequence that thousands of people died from respiratory diseases. However, there were already smog events in London. London was from 1825 to 1925 the city with the largest population in the world. This led to early major environmental problems. One of them was the emission of smoke by the widespread house fire. Ever since the 13th Century, was fog in London. The type of fog that is called winter smog (mixture of fog and pollutants). The counterpart of the winter smog, the summer smog, including Los Angeles smog.  This was conducted even before the disaster of 1952 repeatedly to extreme smog events, as on 27 In December 1813, when the smog was so thick that the then Prince Regent, later King George IV, a trip from his home break, and had to return home. As the fog that had been cleared, was pulled balance. It turned out that in the days of extreme smog in London, the death rate had nearly tripled. Overall died after various calculations between 4,000 and 12,000 people from the effects of smog. Above all, babies and elderly people, and people who previously had respiratory and heart diseases . As a result of the smog disaster of 1956, the  Clean Air Act  decided on a set of measures to tackle air pollution in London. Above all, the number of open fireplaces drastically reduced. Since then, the air quality has improved dramatically in London smog, and those events are no longer occurred.