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A break-down of costs is as follows:-
Snoke Control Smoke Control
Area No. 1 Area No. 2
Actual Estimated Actual Estimated
£ £ £ £
Total cost of all works 16,749 34,608 17,284 33,403
Cost of works on Fulham Borough Council
Properties 383 - 6,110
(Exchequer (Exchequer
grant £153) grant £2, 444)
Council's payment in excess of seven-
tenths grant (hardship cases) 582 - 458 200
Amount of Exchequer contribution 6,577 13,843 6,914 13,361
Cost to the Council 5,609 10,382 5,643 10,313
(e) Publicity - No. 4 Smoke Control Area
The fourth Smoke Control Order came into operation on the 1st October, 1961.
The procedure followed the now established pattern in accordance with the policy of
the Council to inform every householder in the area of the reasons for the Smoke Control
Order and of their responsibilities to avoid contraventions of the Order. The action
taken was as follows:-
(1) Following confirmation of the Order by the Ministry of Housing and Local
Government on 12th January, 1961, all householders were sent a letter telling
them of the action to take to obtain grant aid towards the cost of any
necessary conversions or adaptations of their fireplaces.
(2) Estate Agents, coal merchants, local builders, the North Thames Gas Board and
the London Electricity Board were informed at the same time, and their attention
drawn to the particular aspects of the Order with which they were most concerned.
(3) The three local papers gave publicity to the confirmation of the Order and
advertised the exhibition. In July the papers also published an article
entitled "Clean Air For You", which incorporated a list of streets subject to
the No. 4 Smoke Control Order.
(4) Clean Air Exhibition, Cobb's Hall - 19th, 20th and 21st January
Invitations to this exhibition were sent with the householders' letter and a
total of 2,180 persons attended, an average of 78 per hour which was considered
to be very satisfactory In addition, 64 persons were present at an "Any
Questions" session on the 20th January, when questions were answered by a panel
consisting of the Chairman of the Public Health Committee, The Medical Officer
of Health, the Clean Air Officer and representatives of the North Thames Gas
Board, the London Electricity Board and the Solid Smokeless Fuels Federation.
The principal exhibitors were:-
The London Electricity Board, the North Thames Gas Board. Oil Appliance
Manufacturers' Association, the National Society for Clean Air, the Solid
Smokeless Fuels Federation and the Fulham Borough Council.
A back-projection film unit was hired and "Guilty Chimneys" and "Window to the
Sky" were screened continuously
A photograph of part of the exhibition is reproduced on one of the centre pages.
(5) Window Display
This was used at Messrs Wills & Son and Oliver Toms shops in Fulham Palace
Road, and detailed the action to be taken and showed a map of the area and the
streets affected by the Order