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Procedures laid down for establishing smoke control areas
are again modified by a Ministry Circular 3/62 which, in order
to help speed up the completion of areas, introduced simplified
arrangements with regard to privately owned dwellings yet still
reserving the Minister's right to call for further information should
he consider it necessary.
In Circular 4/62 authorities located in the "black areas" were
asked by the Minister to review, in the light of experience gained,
the whole position of smoke control in their areas with a view
to improving completion dates. A reply to the effect that this
Council still expected to have the whole of the Borough as a
smokeless zone by 1970 was duly forwarded to the Minister.
In response to numerous representations on the difficulties
encountered with regard to recommended fuel storage standards in
new dwellings, the Minister issued a further Circular (50/62) suggesting
that authorities increase storage facilities if, in their
opinion, local conditions rendered this necessary.
Under Section 11 of the Clean Air Act, 1956, detailed inspections
were completed of the Council's fourth and fifth smoke
control areas which obtained Ministry approval on 15th October,
1962, and which will become operative on 1st October, 1963.

Pollution Recording.—An atmospheric pollution measuring
station is maintained by the Council at the Town Hall and the
following table gives the daily mean concentration of smoke and