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54
Section 110 (Contd.)
Toys
Cosaques, Christmas crackers and stockings, etc. 45
Sacks
Lamp Shades 2
Section 111
Number of visits to outworkers 402
Number of unwholesome premises
Number of notices served
Number of prosecutions
Section E - GENERAL SANITATION
AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
CLEAN AIR ACT 1956
Domestic Smoke Control
The first step in the programme designed to do away with
domestic smoke within five years was taken when the Council
made the Borough of Barking (Smoke Control-No.1) Order, 1960.
This Order relates to an area of 428 acres which includes
4,622 dwellings, 2036 of which are owned by the Barking Council
and 1756 by the London County Council.
As a result of a survey of every house in the area carried
out mainly by post, it was estimated that 2,608 open fires would
need to be replaced by approved coke burning grates, and 1,266
would require to be equipped with facilities for lighting the fire-
The total cost of the scheme was estimated to be £32,704
of which £13,082 would be borne by the National Exchequer,
£9,811 by the Barking Council and £9,811 by the owners or occu
piers of the dwellings.
It is anticipated that the adaptations of grates will be car
ried out during 1961 and that the Order will become operative on
1st January, 1962.
Thames View Estate - 2,112 Dwellings
No difficulty in the supply of smokeless fuel was experienced
on the estate, which is in a smoke control area by reason of
tenancy agreements. It would appear that tenants are satisfied