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Section 3 of the Act requires that new furnaces (except those of domestic
capacity) must, as far as practicable, be capable of being operated without emitting
smoke when burning fuel of a type for which the furnace is designed; it is an
offence to install such furnaces without previously notifying the local authority,
but whilst notification is obligatory, the submission of plans for approval is optional.
During the year, 42 notifications of intended installations were received. In
respect of these, 40 plans were submitted for approval, which, following in some
cases slight amendments, was granted to all but one.
Nuisances from smoke, apart from that emitted from chimneys, can arise in
industry where the open air burning of material is done as part of a reclamation
process, such as the burning off of insulating material to salvage the metal cable.
This can be dealt with under Section 16 of the Act, when it is deemed to be a
statutory nuisance for the purposes of Part III of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution
The London Borough of Enfield is one of the participating authorities in the
National Survey of Air Pollution. Four smoke filter and sulphur dioxide volumetric
measuring instruments are sited in selected areas of the Borough and the measurements
taken daily. The results are forwarded to the Fuel Research Station of the
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Station 1 is sited at Honilands School, Bullsmoor Estate, Enfield.
Station 2 is sited at the Brimsdown Pumping Station, Stockingswater Lane,
Enfield.
Station 3 is sited at Merryhills School, Worlds End Lane, Enfield.
Station 4 is sited at Bush Hill Park Library, Fourth Avenue, Bush Hill
Park.
Station 1 is in a smoke control area; 2 is in an industrial area; 3 is in a residential
area with a low population density; 4 is in a residential area with a high population
density.
Separate from the National Survey are three other instrument stations, which are
sited as follows :
(a) Latymer Grammar School, Hazelbury Road, N.9.
(b) Huxley Secondary Modern School, Silver Street, N.18.
(c) Mandeville Secondary Modern School, Cuckoo Hall Lane, N.9.
The measurements from these instruments are also forwarded to the Fuel Research
Station.
(Statistical Tables 35, 36, 37—see pages 129, 130, 131).
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