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SMOKE CONTROL AREAS
The St. Pancras (No 1) Smoke Control Area, the Order for which was confirmed
by the Minister of Housing and Local Government on the 27th February, 1959. became
operative from the 1st September, 1959. and includes that part of Ward 7 bounded
by Euston Road on the north, Torrington Place and Byng Place on the south Gordon
Square and Gordon Street on the east, and Tottenham Court Road on the west
A ten-year programme has been arranged to make the whole of the Borough a
smoke control area, and particulars of this were included in the 1958 Annual
Report of the Medical Officer of Health
The proposed second smoke control area comprises the remainder of Ward 7
in two sections, one to the east and one to the west of the first smoke control
area
The report upon the preliminary survey of this area was submitted to the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government on the 23rd October 1959 and in
anticipation of the Ministry s approval which was received on the 18th January
1960, the detailed survey of the area was undertaken at the time of the pre
liminary survey The requirement was for the Order to become operative from the
1st October 1960
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