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Atmospheric pollution
Clean Air Act
General comments on smoke control areas under the Clean Air
Act are dealt with in the introduction to the report but details with
regard to the first two areas to be made the subject of Orders are as
follows:—
Name No. 1 No. 2
(Ladywell) (Southend)
Acreage 320 620
Open space 200 360
No. of industrial premises 7 3
No. of commercial premises ... 49 58
No. of dwellings 1,380 2,827
No. of other premises 15 33
Present annual tonnage of bituminous
coal, etc. to be replaced 2,145 2,100
Likely additional fuel required annually
(a) Electricity 183,000 KWH 226,800 KWH
(b) Gas 35,600 therms 44,100 therms
(c) Oil, etc — —
(d) Solid smokeless fuel 1,445 tons 1,344 tons
Existing appliances requiring replacement or adaptation :
(a) Open fires 1,674 2,666
(b) Open fires with boilers 226 112
(c) Combination grates without
boilers 48 1
(d) Combination grates with
boilers 3 Nil
(«) Washboilers Nil 20
(/) Domestic boilers * 406
Total estimated cost of works £14,338 £14,531
* Included in the figure for open fires with boilers
Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution
The results obtained for the three deposit gauges and three smoke
recording stations are shown in table 20. The fourth deposit-gauge
remained at the South Eastern children's hospital until the end of July
and it was then transferred to a small allotment site in Brockman Rise
which is within the proposed Southend smoke control area.