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Smoke Control Area
North end South
Stanley Wards
Map
Ref.
C4
Boundaries
N. Fulham Road
E. Old Church Street
S. High water mark of medium tides
W. Borough boundary
Order
operative
1.7.72
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 places.
During the year, 26 notifications were received without objection to the proposals
submitted.
Smoke Nuisances
During the year 79 complaints of smoke nuisance were received and 107 formal
smoke observations were carried out. An abatement notice was served in respect of one case
and the remainder were dealt with 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:
*Sites
Smoke
(Microgrammet per Cubic Metre)
Sulphur Dioxide
Microgrammet per Cubic Metre)
Monthly
Average
Highest Daily
Reading
Monthly
Average
Highest Daily
Reading
ABC DABCDABAB
1971
July 27 22 59 36 69 57 118 65 164 152 367 435
Aug. 25 21 53 31 63 43 118 57 131 104 288 258
Sept. 49 45 98 58 118 81 165 95 221 203 561 524
Oct. 43 45 87 54 124 130 214 96 192 204 689 500
Nov. 54 52 84 53 110 117 145 88 257 267 561 649
Dec. 52 51 102 65 158 148 122 136 279 282 463 569
1972
Jan. 36 52 95 57 80 120 176 115 253 299 582 668
Feb. 35 83 43 84 - 141 83 293 - 536
Mar. 56 - 122 58 162 - 255 176 373 - 857
Apr. N 22 N N 88 81 151 92 N 166 352 297
May 279 154 95 N 686 461 460 1122* 232 270 484 575
June 599* 414* 104 145 2095* 956* 180 291 214 247 400 381
"N" — level of readings insufficient to obtain accurate measurements.
An asterisk* appearing against any average smoke concentration or highest
daily figure indicates that at least one daily figure covered by the average, or
the highest daily figure itself, has been estimated from a reflectometer
reading of less than 40.