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Installation of New Furnaces
In nine cases notice was received under subsection (3) of section 3 of the Clean Air
Act, 1956 of a proposal to install a furnace in the Borough, and in four cases plans and
specifications of a furnace were submitted to and approved by the Council as being deemed
to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) of that section which requires that a new
furnace shall be as far as practicable capable of being operated continuously without
emitting smoke when burning fuel of a type for which the furnace was designed.
Smoke Control Areas
Holborn Smoke Control Area No. 1
This area is that portion of the Borough enclosed by the boundaries of the City of
London and City of Westminster, and a line drawn westwards from the City of London
boundary at Staple Inn, Holborn, along High Holborn to Kingsway, southward along
Kingsway to Great Queen Street and along the southern side of Great Queen Street to
the boundary with the City of Westminster. The Council made the Order in July, 1958;
it was confirmed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government in October, 1958,
and came into operation on 1st September, 1959.
Three applications for grant were approved in connection with the adaptation of
fireplaces in private dwellings within the area. The total cost of the work for which grants
were approved amounted to £43 11s. Od. of which £13 1s. 4d. was borne by the Council,
£17 8s. 4d. by the Exchequer, and £13 1s. 4d. by the applicants.
Holborn Smoke Control Area No. 2
This area is the portion of the Borough enclosed by High Holborn, Gray's Inn Road,
Theobalds Road, and Southampton Row, together with all land in the Borough south
of a line between Gray's Inn Road and Farringdon Road running along Fox Court and
Greville Street. The Council made the Order in November, 1959; it was confirmed by
the Minister of Housing and Local Government in February, 1960; and it will come into
operation on the 1st October, 1960.
Holborn Smoke Control Area No. 3
In October, 1959, the Council approved in principle a proposal to establish a smoke
control area in that portion of the Borough enclosed by the following streets:—Kingsway,
Southampton Row, Woburn Place, Tavistock Square, Byng Place, Torrington Place,
Endell Street, Shelton Street, Drury Lane, and Great Queen Street. In January, 1960,
provisional approval of the Council's proposal in connection with this area was received
from the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933
This Act, the Poisons Rules, 1960, and the Poisons List Order, 1952/60, regulate
the sale of poisons, and every local authority is required to keep a list of persons who are
entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List.
During the year 1959, 34 applications were received for retention on this Council's
list. No applications were received for entry on the list.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
This Act and the Regulations of 1951, require the registration of premises where
specified filling materials are used in connection with certain upholstering and filling
processes, and require premises used for the manufacture or storage of rag flock to be
licensed.
Four premises in the Borough are registered under the Act, but no premises are
licensed for the manufacture or storage of rag flock.