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Clean Air Act, 1956.
Proposed Smoke Control Areas.
During the year the Council decided to apply the "Smoke
Control Area" provisions of the above Act to the whole of the
Borough by progressive stages and to carry out a pilot survey of a
small area in the South of the Borough.
This Pilot Survey was carried out over an area roughly 46
acres in extent containing approximately 650 private dwellings and
80 commercial premises, but with no major industrial plants. It
contained the Town Hall, a Telephone Exchange, one school, one
cinema and several blocks of residential flats, including two blocks
owned by the Council.
As a result of this Pilot Survey the Council agreed to make
an area to be known as the "No. 1 Smoke Control Area" bounded
by the Town Hall to the West, the River Thames to the South, the
south side of King Street and Hammersmith Road to the North
and along the boundary between Hammersmith and Fulham to the
East. The acreage of this area was approximately 169 acres and
included 11 Industrial premises, 296 Commercial premises (including
three cinemas), 2,025 private dwellings, 7 Churches and other religious
institutions, 5 schools, 3 Crown properties and 12 other properties.
The situation of this Area is shown in red on the map at the
commencement of the report.
The estimated cost of making the necessary alterations to
approximately 1,157 firegrates, so far as residential properties were
concerned, was £12,761 and the authorised fuel required was
approximately 1,750 tons. Of the estimated cost referred to above,
£2,400 would be in respect of Council-owned properties.
It was hoped that the Minister would confirm the Order early
in 1959 and that it would come into operation on 1st November,
1959.
Inter-Boroughs Smoke Liaison Committee.
This Committee consisting of representatives from the Boroughs
of Fulham and Hammersmith in the County of London, Barnes in
the County of Surrey, and Acton, Brentford & Chiswick, and
Willesden in the County of Middlesex, held its inaugural meeting
early in the year with the idea of exchanging views regarding problems
that might arise in implementing the provisions of the Clean
Air Act, 1956, and to co-ordinate the proposals of the different
Councils for the establishment of Smoke Control Areas.
All the Councils concerned have either made Areas or are in
process of so doing and in certain cases, wherever practicable, are
arranging the Areas to adjoin those of other member Boroughs.