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the number of applications received for approval of works under the
Act was about 60% of the number of houses estimated to require
works of adaptation. This, however, has been a feature of the areas
which are now operative, and very few contraventions of the Orders
have been noted. The usual procedure when a contravention is found
is to visit the premises and to write the offender a letter pointing out
the offence. This has usually had the desired effect and up to the
present no case has arisen in which it has been necessary to take legal
action.
Since the Act came into force and the Council decided to institute
a programme which will make the whole of the Urban District smokeless
in a period of 12 years the general attitude of the public has been
one of co-operation. This co-operation has undoubtedly made the work
of the Department much easier and if it had not been forthcoming
would have resulted in a complete breakdown of the programme for
the District.
At the end of 1964, the area of the District which is the subject of
Smoke Control Orders is the area bounded by Longmore Avenue from
the railway bridge, East Barnet Road to Cat Hill, Cat Hill to Park
Road, then northwards along Park Road and northeasterly along Edgeworth
Road to the roundabout and north to the Urban District
boundary. The southern boundary being the north side of Chase Way,
crossing Hampden Way and the north side of the passageway between
No. 70 and No. 72 Hampden Way and then in a south-westerly direction
to Pymmes Brook, to the northern boundary of the Great Northern
London Cemetery to Brunswick Park Road; north along the west side
of Brunswick Park Road to the northern boundary of Standard
Telephones & Cables Ltd., west, north and then west along the said
boundary to the railway embankment, west along the north side of the
railway embankment to the Urban District boundary and on the west
by the Urban District boundary and railway as far as the railway
bridge over Longmore Avenue. The area at present subject to Smoke
Control Orders comprises 5,569 houses.
The Council at its December meeting approved Smoke Control
Order No. 6 and the Order was sent to the Minister for confirmation.
This area is bounded on the north by the south side of Chase Way,
crossing Hampden Way and the south side of the passageway between
No. 70 and No. 72 Hampden Way, No. 72 being in the area, and then
in a south westerly direction to Pymmes Brook; on the east and south
by the boundary of the District; on the west by Pymmes Brook.
The area contains 1,011 private dwellings and it is estimated that
978 fireplaces require conversion or adaptation to satisfactorily burn
smokeless fuel. The total capital cost of this work will be £15,440 of
which the net estimated capital cost to the Council will be £4,632 after
Exchequer grants have been received. This cost would, of course, only
be realised if all the owners applied for grant, and from previous
experience, this is unlikely. This area contains some 300 houses less
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