The incidence of moulds within 525 dwellings in the United Kingdom

Abstract
Airborne viable mould spore counts were determined for living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms within 503 council houses in Edinburgh and Glasgow (UK); at least one child lived in each house. Approximately one‐half of the 1709 rooms sampled contained 300 cfu m‐3, indicating a positive relationship between surface growth and air spore levels. The most common genera isolated from internal surfaces (including those from a further 22 London houses) were identified.