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New Furnaces.
Section 3 requires that new furnaces, not used mainly for domestic
purposes and exceeding a specified capacity, shall be, so far as is
practicable, smokeless. Any person installing such a furnace must give
prior notice to the Council and may submit detailed plans and
specifications for approval before the work of installation takes place.
During the year, forty-seven notifications were received. These
applications were approved.
Variation Order - Chelsea No, 2 (Hans Town Ward) Smoke Control Order, 1962.
The Chelsea No. 2 Smoke Control Order contained a schedule listing
certain buildings which were exempt from its provisions as they were
intended to be part of the proposed Knightsbridge Green Redevelopment
Area. This development has now been abandoned. Part of its area will
be subject to the provisions of the Brompton and Queen's Gate Smoke
Control Order, 1967, but, in order to ensure that the remainder of the
area is subject to a Smoke Control Order, the Schedule contained in the
Chelsea No. 2 Smoke Control Order was revoked by a Variation Order.
This Variation Order comes into operation on 1st January, 1969.
Smoke Nuisances.
During the year, 43 complaints of smoke nuisance were received and
15 formal smoke observations were carried out. Remedial measures in all
cases were secured without resorting to legal proceedings.
Routine Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution.
There are four premises in the borough where apparatus has been
installed for measuring atmospheric pollution. The readings obtained by
the Council are forwarded to the Warren Spring Laboratory, where they
are converted by computer into the figures shown in the following table.
The table covers the twelve-month period up to and including the latest
figures obtained from the laboratory when this report was prepared:-
* Sites
Smoke
(Microgrammes per Cubic Metre)
Sulphur Dioxide
(Microgrammes per
Cubic Metre)
Monthly
Average
Highest Daily
Reading
Monthly
Average
Highest
Daily
Reading
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
A
B
A
B
1967
July 27 26 48 33 50 64 114 57 137 105 458 398
August 31 26 57 *N 82 61 136 90 107 98 337 297
Sept. 42 40 80 N 70 67 122 N 122 92 253 151
October 29 30 59 31 55 51 105 57 168 106 287 179
Nov. 85 84 181 92 319 276 355 220 382 328 1078 702
Dec. 97 89 N N 294 246 312 189 355 316 836 618
1968
Jan. 86 75 156 83 174 135 259 154 368 325 989 695
Feb. 70 65 161 68 204 151 271 134 373 337 991 656
March 43 44 103 60 102 98 220 95 276 248 820 669
April 35 34 89 44 92 75 161 92 246 244 476 476
May 59 65 92 39 93 131 154 66 192 162 371 278
June 32 27 67 37 66 75 147 70 141 130 439 591
* See over