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Stoke Newington 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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22.
SMOKE CONTROL
ORDER NO.l.
Date of Operation.
No.of Dwellings
Other Premises
Area Covered
1st January, 1959
2,085
40
150 acres.
SMOKE CONTROL
ORDER NO.2.
Date of Operation.
No.of Dwellings
Other Premises
Area Covered
1st October, 1959
403
2
30 acres.
SMOKE CONTROL
ORDER NO.3.
Date of Operation.
No.of Dwellings
Other Premises
Area Covered
1st May, 1960
916
21
65 acres.
SMOKE CONTROL
ORDER NO.4.
Date of Operation.
No.of Dwellings
Other Premises
Area Covered
1st October, 1960
2,260
161
170 acres.
APPROVAL OF NEW FURNACES
Under Section 3 of the Clean Air Act, 1956, notice must be given
of the installation of new furnaces of a capacity greater than 55,000
B.T.U's per hour. During the course of the year notice has been given
of six such installatiohs, details of which are as follows:-
(a) Installation of a gas-fired baking oven with a rated
output of 225,000 B.T.U's per hour.
(b) Installation of a laundry boiler, designed to raise 5,000
lbs. steam per hour, fitted with a fully-modulated rotary
burner, and operating on fuel oil.
(c) Installation of a gas fired central heating plant, rated
output 142,000 B.T.U's per hour.
(d) Installation of two oil-fired central heating boilers,
with automatic pressure jet burners, rated at 104,000
B.T.U's per hour and 1,227.000 B.T.U's per hour.
(e) Installation of a central heating boiler, rated at 750,000
B.T.U's per hour, fitted with an underfeed stoker, and a
supplementary automatic feed for wood waste from a chip
extraction plant.