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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| Reg. No. | Type of Premises | Type of Appliance (s) and fuel to be used | Furnace Rating | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maternity Hospital | 3 Beeston oil-fired boilers | 1,030,000 B.T.U's per hour each | Central heating |
| 2 | Wharf and Bonded Warehouse | 1 Potterton oil-fired boiler | 110,000 B.T.U's per hour | Office heating |
| 3 | Laundry | 1 Vapor-stone steam generator, oil-fired | 2,750 lbs. evaporation | Steam raising for industrial power |
| 4 | L. C. C. School | 1 Britannia coke-fired boiler | 904,000 B.T.U's per hour | Central heating |
| 5 | Warehouse | 1 Cast iron sectional oil fired boiler | 346,000 B.T.U.'s per hour | Central heating and hot water services |
| 6 | Bonded Warehouse and Depot | 1 Kayenco Economic package oil-fired boiler | 2,000 1bs. per hour | Central heating |
| 7 | Fuel Oil Storage and Distribution Plant | 2 Three pass hori-zontal packaged oil fired boilers | 6,900 lbs. per hour steam each | Central heating and for heating oil storage tanks |
Industry
Regular observations are kept on factory and other boiler smoke
stacks to ensure that any smoke emitted does not exceed that allowed by
legislation. As one example of the excellent co operation experienced,
managements now give notice to the department when any breakdowns or
mechanical defects occur which might temporarily cause undue smoke
emissions Such occasions apart, no contraventions have been observed
from premises where the Council has responsibility for taking direct
action On the few occasions when excessive dark smoke was observed
from the stacks of the Fulham Generating Station, both the local
superintendent and H. M. Alkali Inspector were informed. In each case
there was an explanation for the emission.
SMOKE CONTROL AREAS
(a) Revision of Programme
Under the original programme, it was planned to make all the Borough
"smoke controlled" in ten annual stages, to be completed by October 1967.
After considering the various ways in which this programme could
be accelerated, it was finally decided to speed up the rate of progress
so that the full project could be completed two years earlier, i.e. by
October, 1965. This was done by increasing the size of the remaining
areas to be dealt with and, apart from making a part-time survey
assistant full-time meant no additional staff. It was also decided
to review the smoke control programme annually.