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Smoke Abatement
The factory chimneys in the area have been kept under observation
and generally little nuisance from smoke or grit has occurred.
Ten complaints were received during the year concerning
industrial and domestic chimneys.
In addition, 20 complaints were received with regard to the
burning of garden and other refuse and action was taken in a number
of cases where it was considered that burning was habitual and causing
a nuisance.
A considerable number of installations, both industrial and
domestic, are being converted or installed for oil burning and the
largest factory in the area changed over from coal to oil during 1960.
Many enquiries are received by the Petroleum Inspector from
persons desirous of installing oil fired plant and for the safe storage
of the oil and whilst advice is freely given it is sometimes refused
in the absence of the necessary legislation to control this matter.
Atmospheric Pollution
Arising from a conference of the Co-operating Bodies of the
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, it was generally
agreed that the deposit gauges, with certain specific exceptions, should
be replaced by the volumetric apparatus which records SO2 and
smoke pollution in the atmosphere as against the coarse deposit from
all sources measured by the deposit gauges.
The Council have agreed therefore to discontinue for the present
the use of the deposit gauges and to erect three of the volume type of
apparatus.
By the end of the year one had been installed and was in operation
in the Public Health Department's Laboratory.
Four deposit gauges were sited as follows:—
(1) Roof of Gaumont Cinema, High Road, N.12.
(2) Lyttelton Playing Fields, N.2.
(3) Moss Hall School, Moss Hall Grove, N.12.
(4) Sewage Disposal Works, Summers Lane, N.12.
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