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areas to provide measurements of smoke and sulphur
dioxide for a survey concerning the whole country.
The survey is intended to assess the remedial effect
of the Clean Air Act 1956, to enable plans for
industrial development to be considered, and to
assist in medical investigations into connections
between air pollution and disease. The Council
agreed to establish two further measuring stations
in addition to the one already operating at the Town
Hall. It is hoped to install one station in the
north of the district and the other in the south.
Pictorial representation of the figures obtained at
the Town Hall are shown.
Approval of Neiv Furnaces etc.
Nine notifications were received during
the year of intention to install furnaces or boilers
and each case was investigated and the installations
approved. The majority of notifications were
concerned with the provision of central heating in
domestic premises. One was in respect of the
installation of oil fired boilers totalling 1,105,000
B.Th.U's, capacity in a factory. Approval of
chimney height was also sought in this case and although
this was considered to be inadequate as at first
proposed agreement was reached on a satisfactory height
having regard to adjacent residential premises.
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