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CLEAN AIR.
Smoke Control Areas.
The survey of the second smoke control area
was completed during the year. The area which is
bounded by Friern Barnet Lane, Myddleton Park, Manor
Drive and the boundary with East Barnet, contains
7$6 dwellings and a number of shop premises.
The work involved in establishing a smoke
control area is considerable. Letters and informatit
by way of booklets and leaflets are prepared and delivei
to each house or flat in the proposed area, followed by
a personal call to explain the scheme and to discover
the type of heating in use and the fuel being burned.
In all, nearly one thousand and three hundred visits
were made, many because residents were not at home on
the first occasion. Cards are left for appointments
to be made in many such cases. The hulk of the
inspections have been made by the newly appointed
technical assistant who commenced duties in May.
Although he was appointed to assist with the general
work of the department it has been necessary for him
to devote the whole of his time to smoke control.
The work of the clerical staff has also considerably
increased.
However, a good start has been made in ridding
the district of coal smoke and work proceeds smoothly.
The Friern Barnet Smoke Control Order No.2 was
made by the Council in December and submitted to the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government for confirmatio
The Order will come into effect on the 1st. October 19&
National Survey of Air Pollution.
Friern Barnet has been selected by the
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research as
typifying one of a range of industrial and residential
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