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LONDON. Dec*. > <AP)—A dense blanket of sulphurous yellow smog gripped the British capital for the second day today, raising a threat to health and making ttmuwyfr late for work.
As commuter trains crawled toward the* heart of the city, health authorities warned that babies and old people should be kept at home.
"The situation Is potentially serious,” said a spokesman for the Medical Research Council. "Smog particularly affects the very young, the very old and people with weak hearts or chests.”
London’s last great exposure to smog was in 19S7 when 1,000 people died from chest and heart ailments during a threeday siege. Ten years ago the toll from an eight-day smog was at least 4,000, and by some estimates 12,000.
The capital’s great airport was still Idle after some 30 hours of Inactivity. Shipping was tied up on the River Thames and cars were abandoned across the whole metropolitan area.
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