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Section 6
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
CLEAN AIR ACT 1956
(a) Domestic Smoke Control
In accordance with the Council's plan to control domestic smoke throughout
the Borough by 1965, two further Smoke Control Orders were made during the year,

Co-operation by the public continues to be good, but in 39 cases it was necessary
to remind people living in No.l Smoke Control Area that the emission of smoke
from unauthorised fuels is an offence.
(b) Industrial Smoke
Two notifications of intention to install new furnaces were received during the
year, both of which were to be oil fired.
observations continue to be made on chimneys likely to emit smoke in excess
of the legal limit. During the year, two hundred and six such observations were
made and there were thirteen contraventions of the Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods)
Regulations 1958.
One contravention of the Clean Air Act 1956 was the subject of a prosecution.
In this case the offence was against Section 16 of the Clean Air Act which relates
to smoke, other than smoke emitted from a chimney, which Is deemed to be a nuisance
to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
The defendant was a scrap metal merchant who, in recovering metal from a
large electrical transformer, set light to it, with the result that large volumes of
dense black smoke covered the neighbourhood. The case was found to be proved
and a fine of £25 was imposed together with costs of £15.
(c) Measurement of Pollution
The two volumetric filters have been working throughout the year, one at Eastbury
House and one at Rosslyn Road School. The filters measure the smoke and
sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere and the results are shown in Graphs Nos. 1 & 2
The average concentration of smoke shows a twelve per cent reduction compared
with the previous year, whilst the pollution from sulphur dioxide shows a seven
per cent rise.
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