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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
During the year a station was set up at the Town Hall for
the dally measurement and recording of the concentration of smoke
and sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere by the combined filter and
volumetric method. After titration in respect of the sulphur
dioxide and comparison of the smoke stained filter with the
standard scale of shades the concentrations are calculated by
formulæ
In addition, at the Metropolitan Water Board. Brixton Hill,
observations are made of the rainfall and deposited matter by
means of the deposit gauge and measurements of sulphur dioxide
with the lead-peroxide instrument. This station has been in
operation since 195-3.
During the year 54 complaints were received of nuisance from
smoke from factory shafts which were satisfactorily handled without
recourse to more than the intimation notice and by word of
mouth, with the exception of one case where a statutory notice
had to be served.
OFFENSIVE TRADES
Establishment Orders have been granted to two companies who
carry on the offensive trades respectively of (a) fellmonger and
(b) fatboiler.
(a) Messrs Gaston Morrell, Ferndale Road
(b) Messrs. Lepard, Wandsworth Road.
These two orders are renewable annually.
DRAINAGE PLANS
All plans are registered with the Borough Engineer but the
Sanitary Inspectors are responsible for seeing that the work is
carried out in accordance with the drainage by-laws 59 plans of
new buildings and 50 plans of alteration to existing drains were
deposited. In addition combined drainage was carried out in 17
cases There were no cases of relaying defective combined drains
for which no order had been made by the Council and no plans
could be found, and which therefore were deemed to be sewers
repairable by the Council.
HOUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT, 1954
Certificates of disrepair Issued 214
Certificates of disrepair refused 7
Applications withdrawn 12
Revocation certificates issued 180
,, ,, refused 36