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Co-operation by the public continues to be good but it was necess
to send 36 warning letters to residents in existing Smoke Control Arereminding
them that the emission of smoke from unauthorised fuels is
an offence.
(b) Industrial Smoke
Thirteen notifications of intention to install new furnaces were
received during the year. Of these, ten were oil fired furnaces, one was
a gas fired oven and two were gas fired incinerators. It will be observed
that the tendency for new installations to be oil fired continues. This
change over from solid fuel shcu Id reduce smoke emission to a minimum
Observations continue to be made on chimneys from large indus-
trial boilers. One hundred and eighty such observations were made and
there were eleven contraventions of the Dark Smoke (Permitted Periool
Regulations 1958. In most of these cases warning letters were sent to
the firms concerned.
considerable nuisance has been caused over a long period by the
emission of smoke from a furnace used for the recovery of metal by
burning scrap cable. This is a registerable process under the Alkali &
Works Regulations Act, 1906 and is under the jurisdiction of the Alkali
Works Inspector to whom the matter has been reported. The Minister of
Housing and Local Government was also approached, but it appears
that this problem is nation-wide and of considerable magnitude. In
this case a new furnace is to be installed fitted with a suitable after
burner, which should reduce the emission of smoke.
(c) Measurement of Pollution
The two volumetric filters at Eastbury House and Rosslyn Road
School have been working throughout the year, with the exceptjion of
the month of April when the apparatus at Eastbury House was out of
commission. A third filter was installed at Thames View Clinic and
commenced operation in November. These filters measure the smoke
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