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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956
The provisions of the above Act include those relating to the
prohibition of dark smoke from chimneys, measures for dealing
with grit and dust from furnaces, abatement of smoke nuisance and
the application of the Act to railway engines, vessels and Crown
premises.
The first Enfield Smoke Control Area, which included the Haddon
Estate, has now been in operation for more than a year, and
the second Area has now been confirmed by the Minister of Housing
and Local Government, who has decided that November 1st, 1961,
shall be the date upon which the Order becomes effective. The
second Area, which comprises 2,733 dwelling houses and 98 other
premises, completely surrounds the first Area.
It is the Council's intention to make the entire Borough a
Smoke Control Area by 1973 and a programme has been prepared
up to 1963.
Preliminary surveys are now being made in respect of proposed
Smoke Control Areas 3 and 4. Area No. 3 is to the South of Carterhatch
Lane extending to Southbury Road from Hertford Road in
the East to the New River on the West. Area No. 4 includes that
part of the Borough, West of a line extending from the Northern
boundary, down Bulls Cross and Forty Hill to Clay Hill; along
Clay Hill and Strayfield Road, across the footpath by Rectory
Farm to The Ridgeway; along The Ridgeway to the top of Windmill
Hill; down Slades Hill and Enfield Road to the boundary.
In carrying out the Smoke Control programme, a considerable
amount of work is involved on the part of both the inspectorial and
administrative staff. After the initial survey, the proposals of
the householder in adapting and converting appliances must be
approved by the Health Department, and after completion the
work must be inspected and claims investigated before the grant is
finally paid.
With regard to the measurement of atmospheric pollution,
analyses of deposit gauges and lead peroxide instruments at four
sites in the Borough were continued.
Numerous complaints were received about a "fishy" smell in
the Brimsdown area and intensive and extensive investigations
were made. It is hoped that action taken by a factory management
will eliminate this source of complaint.