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SMOKE ABATEMENT.
Owing to the coal strike, when factory boilers were heated with
all qualities of fuel, no satisfactory control could be exercised over
smoke emission.
With the advent of the new Smoke Abatement Act, I am hopeful
of an improvement.
During the year under review fifty observations were recorded,
and in seven instances, where there was an aggregate emission of
black smoke exceeding six minutes in the hour, appropriate action
was taken.
It is interesting to note that the chief offenders are smaller
factories where the economic production of steam receives the
least consideration.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
The following shows the nature of trades carried on and the number
of premises registered:—
Fish Fryers 19
19
Fish-skin Scrapers 2
Dealers in Rags and Bones 10
Fat Melters and Extractors 2
Gut Scrapers 1
Oil Boilers 1
These premises received 297 visits. Fourteen notices were served
for various breaches of the bye-laws.
Two fish-fryers and one dealer in rags and bones were newly
registered during the year.