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Central Office of Information, without charge. The London County Council
also provided posters, leaflets and bookmarks free of charge, for
distribution throughout Kensington.
The following table shows the large amount of publicity
material which was obtained from various sources and distributed in
Kensington
Posters (20" x 30") 168
Leaflets 11,500
Bookmarks 23,000
Special window labels 200
Correspondence labels (used by
Borough Council Departments) 9,000
Mass Radiography
Mass radiography is undertaken on behalf of the Minister of
Health by the Regional Hospital Boards. Kensington is included in
the area covered by the Mass X-ray Unit No. 5A operated by the Northwest
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
The purpose of mass radiography is twofold:-
(i) to find abnormalities of the chest, and in
particular tuberculosis and cancer of the lungs,
and
(ii) to give those whose x-ray is within "normal
limit" a certain degree of security.
During 1956, the Mass X-ray Unit No. 5A undertook a large scale
mass x-ray operation in Kensington covering a period of approximately
two months. A total of 12,086 persons (5,920 men and 6,166 women) was
examined. Consequently, during 1958, the Mass X-ray Unit No. 5A was
engaged mainly in other districts; nevertheless, three small surveys were
carried out, in which 886 persons (612 men and 274 women) were mass
x-rayed in Kensington. No active case of tuberculosis was found.
Atmospheric Pollution
Clean Air Act. 1956. Certain provisions of the Clean Air
Act, 1956, which received Royal Assent on 5th July, 1956, came into force
on 31st December, 1956, and the remaining provisions came into operation
on 1st June, 1958.
Sections 11 to 15 relate to the declaration by the Council
of smoke control areas, in which the emission of smoke from the chimney
of any building would be an offence. In order to obtain the information
needed to assess the full implications of these sections, a preliminary
survey was made of the Holland Ward of the borough. The survey, which
was carried out by one of the Council's public health inspectors, assisted
by two student inspectors, was commenced in July, 1957, and completed
in February, 1958. After consideration of the information obtained,
the Council decided to submit preliminary proposals to the Minister of
Housing and Local Government in respect of a specified area of the
Holland Ward, asking for his approval to proceed with making an official
declaration. The Minister has given his preliminary approval, and
subsequently at their meeting on 10th November, 1958, the Council made
a Smoke Control Order in respect of an area in the central part of
the Holland Ward of the borough; bounded by Kensington High Street
in the south, Campden Hill Road in the east, Holland Park Avenue in
the north, and Abbotsbury Road in the west.
The area, which comprises 162 acres, includes Holland Park,
together with 1,302 dwellings, 75 commercial and industrial premises,