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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
City of Westminster 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Pollution from Oil-Fired Furnaces
One aspect of the atmospheric pollution problem which is causing
concern in Westminster and elsewhere is the emission from certain oilfired
furnaces of very fine soot and smuts which are produced when oil is
burned in an atomised or mist form.
Investigations are being made into this new form of pollution of the
atmosphere.
Smoke Control Areas The following information should be read in conjunction with the map on the opposite page.
| Green on map: | Area | Acres (approx.) | Map reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Areas already in operation from:— | |||
| 1st October, 1958 | Temple Bar | 60 | 1 |
| 1st October, 1959 | Adelphi/Whitehall | 190 | 2 |
| 1st October, 1960 | Covent Garden | 100 | 3 |
| 1st October, 1961 | Soho | 94 | 4 |
| 1st October, 1961 | St. James' | 315 | 5 |
| Areas to come into operation on— | |||
| 1st October, 1962 | Regent | 110 | 6 |
| do. | Berkeley | 116 | 7 |
| do. | Grosvenor | 325 | 8 |
| 1st December, 1962 | Knightsbridge | 355 | 9 |
| Areas under survey to come into operation on— | |||
| 1st October, 1963 | Abbey | 94 | 10 |
| do. | Victoria | 200 | 11 |
| do. | Wilton | 94 | 12 |
| do. | Eaton | 72 | 13 |
| Future programme for smoke control areas, | |||
| in operation from | |||
| 1st October, 1964. | Millbank | 84 | 14 |
| do. | Cathedral | 90 | 15 |
| do. | Warwick | 48 | 16 |
| do. | Tachbrook | 60 | 17 |
| 1st October, 1965 | Alderney | 43 | 18 |
| do. | Ebury | 64 | 19 |
| do. | Dolphin | 38 | 20 |
| do. | Churchill | 48 | 21 |