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chimneys, other than houses, shops and offices, also has
to be approved. By the end of 1957 one application for
prior approval of a new furnace had been received and
granted by the Council. Six applications regarding new
chimneys had been received and in three cases, in consultation
with the Borough Surveyor's Department, the
owners agreed to raise the height of the proposed chimneys.
By the end of the year a survey of all the boiler
plants in the Borough was progressing and a descriptive
summary of the Clean Air Act was supplied at the time of
inspection to the proprietors or managers of factories
with boiler plants in operation.
Under Section 24 of the Act, Local Authorities are
empowered to make building byelaws requiring the provision
in new buildings of such arrangements for heating or
cooking as are calculated to prevent, so far as practicable,
the emission of smoke. A Byelawon these lines was confirmed
by the Minister of Housing and Local Government and came
into operation in the Borough on the 1st December, 1957.
Atmospheric Pollution Gauges.