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At the end of the year, 22 Smoke Control Orders were operative and the overall
position was as follows:
Area No. of Dwellings
Whole Borough 6,981 acres 118,297
Orders operative as at 31st December 1967 3,885 acres 50,658
Orders confirmed but not yet operative 291 acres 6,960
Surveys were continued with a view to the making of further Smoke Control
Orders and it is envisaged that the whole of the Borough will be covered by Smoke
Control Orders in 1975.
Furnaces
Fourteen notifications of installation of furnaces were received under Section 3(1)
of the Act and in 12 of these formal approval of plans and specifications was given.
In a number of cases modifications to plants and changes in oil viscosity were
obtained.
Health Education
Talks and demonstrations relating to clean air have figured prominently in
lectures given by the Public Health Inspectors to local schools and organisations.
Summary of Inspections
Complaints received and investigated 270
Smoke Observations 543
Smoke Control Areas 15,261
Industrial Premises 1,026
Miscellaneous 2,353
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
1. Total number of properties in district 118,297
2. (a) Total number of properties inspected following notification 4,757
(b) Number infested by (i) rats 2,197
(ii) mice 1,767
3. (a) Total number of properties inspected for rats and/or mice for reasons
other than notification 793
(b) Number infested by (i) rats 12
(ii) mice 7