View report page

Stokers —Certificated 3
Ex Royal Navy 4
Ex Merchant Marine 3
Engineers, in charge of 7
Fishmongers, Smoke holes or smoking cabinets 8
Sausage Manufacturers, ditto 1
Gas fired stoves or stoving ovens 5
In only one instance was it necessary to take legal proceeding
against a firm for causing black smoke to be emitted from
the chimney of their factory in excess of the period allowed by
the Byelaws made under the Public Health (Smoke Abatement)
Act, 1926, when a fine of £5 and £2 2s. costs was imposed. Of
seven observations made on the chimney stack in question, the
byelaw was infringed on six occasions. This same firm has
since been advised to take steps to prevent the emission of ash
from the chimney stack.
Smoke Control Area.
At the beginning of the year the Council decided to take
steps to establish a Smoke Control Area in that part of the
Borough south of a line drawn through Turney Road, Court
Lane and Lordship Lane, and authorised a preliminary survey
of the area to be carried out in order to obtain estimates of the
number and classes of buildings, costs of adaptation, fuel
consumption etc. To enable this work to be carried out as
expeditiously as possible without interfering with the survey
of factory furnaces already in progress, the Council appointed
another Smoke Inspector to undertake these duties. This
"sample" survey was completed in November and revealed
the following information:
1. Size of Area:
1,025 acres (including 360 acres of open space —parks, playing fields, etc.).
2. Estimated number and classes of buildings in the area:
Private dwellings 3 056
Commercial premises (shops and offices) 60
Industrial premises (furniture factory) 1
Other premises (schools, clubs, churches, etc.) 72
3. Estimated present fuel consumption:
Bituminous coal(to be replaced) 4,400 tons
Solid Smokeless fuel 4,600 tons
Oil fuel 96,000gallons
A meeting was held at the Town Hall on Thursday, 28th
November, 1957 between officers of the Council and members of
the Regional Smokeless Fuels Advisory Committee which was
presided over by the Chairman of the Public Health Committee.
After general discussion it was agreed that adequate supplies of
authorised fuels of one kind or another would be available for