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investigating the complaint, but it is a most difficult problem
to bring home to the complainant that in the case of the occasional
bonfire proof of the existence of a nuisance is impossible to
obtain, and without such proof no statutory action can be taken.
In these matters, much more is done by persuasion. It would appear
to be unreasonable to suggest that the occasional bonfire cannot
be lighted, but should it be so suggested, the occupants of
premises precluded from lighting bonfires may propose that the
Local Authority should collect the material which is normally
burned in this way as part of the household refuse collection
service. This may well then give rise to the problem of the collection
of the material, and it should be added that it cannot always
all be buried.
The following are figures regarding work in connection with
atmospheric pollution carried out by the Smoke Inspectors during
the year:-
Visits Re-visits
Timed observations 25 -
Untimed observations 374 -
Other visits, private and
industrial premises 3586 1120