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Smoke Control
Area
Map
Ref.
Boundaries
Order
Operative
St. Charles
Ward (No, 1)
12
N. Centres of North Pole Road,
St. Quintin Avenue and
Chesterton Road
E. Centre of Portobello Road
S. Centre of Lancaster Road
W. Borough boundary
1,10.1969
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-two notifications were received and in each case
there was no objection to the proposals submitted„
The St. Charles No. 1 Smoke Control (Variation) Order 1969
Enquiries made in respect of a number of dwellings within and close
to the Silchester Estate revealed that the Greater London Council may
make them subject to redevelopment within the next few years.
The dwellings are, generally in poor order and it seems likely that
some definite proposals will be made in the near future.
In order to avoid unnecessary expenditure on fireplace adaptations
it was decided to exempt these buildings from the effects of the St« Charles
No. 1 Smoke Control Order, 1968,
This Variation Order came into operation on 1st October, 1969°
Smoke Nuisances
During the year, 58 complaints of smoke nuisance were received and 36
formal smoke observations were carried out. Successful legal proceedings
were instituted in three cases and remedial measures in the remaining
cases were secured informally.
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:-