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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southwark 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956.At the end of the year there were 16 operative Smoke Control Orders as follows:—

CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956.

At the end of the year there were 16 operative Smoke Control Orders as follows:—

AreaNo. of Dwellings
Bermondsey
No. 133.9 acres19
No. 239.5 acres775
No. 368.5 acres1,107
No. 4237.0 acres2,984
No. 5105.0 acres1,722
No. 6166.1 acres2,854
Camberwell
No. 1. 1,025.0 acres2,838
No. 2230.0 acres2,183
No. 3365.0 acres3,637
No. 460.0 acres1,689
No. 4A16.0 acres455
No. 5146.0 acres3,693
Southwark
No. 136.0 acres1,302
No. 240.0 acres1,324
No. 350.0 acres1,896
No. 485.0 acres2,460
Total:2,703.030,938

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Surveys of two proposed Smoke Control Areas were completed at the end
of the year with a view to Smoke Control Orders being made early in 1966.
These two areas comprised (i) 249 acres and 4,045 dwellings, (ii) 139.2 acres
and 2,406 dwellings.
The present programme of smoke control envisages that the whole of the
Borough will be covered by Smoke Control Areas by 1975.
Summary of Inspections
Complaints received 112
Smoke Observations 210
Smoke Control Areas:—
Inspections 6,140
Other visits 2,891
Industrial premises inspections 192
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