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3 Number of Smoke Observations 316
4 Approval of Furnaces (Sec3(2) Clean Air Act, 1956) 16
5 Approval of Heights of Chimneys (Sec.6 Clean Air Act, 1968) 13
Smoke Control Orders
During the year the No. 26 (Peckham Central) Smoke Control Order, 1970
was confirmed, the operative date being 1st July, 1971. This Order applies to an
area of 215 acres which includes 4,197 dwellings and 220 industrial and commercial
premises.
The position with regard to Smoke Control Orders at the end of the year was
as follows:-
Subject to operative Orders 3,157 acres
Subject to temporary suspension of Orders 1,280 acres
Subject to Order confirmed but not yet operative 215 acres
4,652
It is anticipated that the remaining areas of the Borough totalling 2,329
acres will be subject to Smoke Control Orders by 1975/76.
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
1 Total number of properties in district 122,279
2 (a) Total number of properties inspected following notification 4,582
(b) Number infected by (i) rats 2,201
(ii) mice 2,244
3 (a) Total number of properties inspected for rats and/or mice for
reasons other than notification 105
(b) Number infested by (i) rats 58
(ii) mice 47
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