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Smoke Control Orders in operation in adjoining districts
(coloured red)
A. Urban District of Hayes and Harlington.
B. Borough of Harrow.
C. Borough of Acton.
Proposed Smoke Control Areas in adjoining districts
(coloured green)
B. Borough of Harrow.
C. Borough of Acton.
D. Borough of Willesden.
E. Borough of Brentford and Chiswick.
F. Borough of Southall.
G. Borough of Wembley.
Mobile Exhibition—Solid Smokeless Fuels Federation
Mobile exhibition vehicles operated and staffed by the Solid Smokeless Fuels
Federation visited proposed smoke control areas in the Borough on two occasions
during the year. In June a vehicle spent two days in the area of Greenford to be
covered by the No. 18 Smoke Control Order and three days in the area of Hanwell to
be covered by the No. 19 Smoke Control Order, and was visited by 599 local residents
at five separate locations in these areas. During the second visit in October the vehicle
spent a week in the proposed Nos. 20 and 21 smoke control areas, at six separate
locations, with a total of 1,596 visitors. There is no doubt that a much greater
interest is being shown in the economics and efficiency of modern methods of home
heating and this is reflected in the increasing numbers of householders who now take
advantage of the visits of these mobile exhibition units. The staff of the Federation
were available to give advice and assistance to all who were interested in appliances
and fuels and on the operation of the Clean Air Act as it was likely to affect the
residents in the areas concerned. Further arrangements were being made towards the
end of the year for similar exhibition vehicles to visit future smoke control areas
likely to be made by the London Borough of Ealing after 1st April, 1965.
The Council is indebted to the Federation for their continued help and support in
arranging these visits and for all the advice given.
Publicity for Clean Air Programme
Confirmation of the Nos. 16, 17 and 18 Smoke Control Orders by the Minister of
Housing and Local Government was followed by a distribution of approximately
5,000 letters to householders and others in the areas concerned giving them full
details of the effects of the Orders and of grants available for the conversion of heating
appliances. This information was given in addition to that provided by means of
personal visits by the Public Health Inspectors during the initial survey of properties
and the distribution of pamphlets and leaflets in the early stages and as the result of
enquiries and applications for grant assistance. Talks to various women's organisations
were continued during the year and a portable display unit illustrating the range
of available solid smokeless fuels and appliances was made available by the Solid
Smokeless Fuels Federation in the entrance to the offices of the Public Health
Department.
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