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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Clean Air Act, 1956
Smoke Control Areas
The City Council's programme for the declaration of Smoke Control
Areas under the Clean Air Act, 1956, has now been completed. The final
Smoke Control Order in respect of the Westminster (South) Area, came
into operation on 1st July, 1965, and the whole of the area of the (old)
City of Westminster is now covered by operative Smoke Control Orders.
Installation of new furnaces
Under Section 3 of the Clean Air Act, 1956, the installation, of all new
furnaces except domestic furnaces of less than 55,000 British thermal
units per hour capacity must be notified to the local authority. The
purpose of the section is to ensure that new furnaces installed shall be
capable, so far as is practicable, of being operated without emitting smoke.
During 1964, 86 such notifications were received.
Provision is also made in this section of the Act for proposals relating
to the installation, of new furnaces to be submitted to the local authority
for approval, and during 1964, 33 applications were approved.
Since the Clean Air Act, 1956, came into operation on 1st January,
1956, up to the end of 1964, a total of 594 notifications have been received
concerning the installation of new furnaces, of which 152 applications
were submitted for approval.
Smoke Abatement—Complaints Received and Observations Made
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | |
Complaints received | 87 | 41 | 67 | 58 | 53 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 40 |
Observations made | 2,634 | 1,603 | 625 | 497 | 897 | 572 | 584 | 806 | 516 |
Notices issued— Preliminary | 23 | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
Statutory | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |