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During the year six notifications of new furnaces were
received. In every case the attention of the firm concerned
was drawn to the facilities for obtaining prior approval
but no application was received.
(d) New Buildinq Byelaw Re Heating and Cooking Appliances
A new building byelaw, provided for in Section 24 of
the Clean Air Act, has been adopted by the Council. This
applies to dwellings in much the same way that Section 3
(see above) applies to larger buildings i.e. it requires
that new dwellings should be provided with heating or cooking
appliances which are suitably designed for burning gas,
electricity, oil or solid smokeless fuels.
(e) Publicity
The readiness with which the people of this District
have accepted the Council's programme for smoke control is
no doubt partly due to the publicity which has been given
to this subject in recent years in the local press and by
our own efforts.
Atmospheric pollution took a prominent part in a Public
Health Exhibition in 1953. the mobile exhibition of the
Solid Smokeless Fuels Federation was shown in the district
in 1955, further prominence was given to it in a display
describing the work of the Public Health Inspector shown at
the Delegate Conference in 1956 whilst at the 1957 Delegate
Conference an exhibition devoted entirely to Clean Air was
shown. Arrangements have been made to hold a comprehensive
clean air exhibition at the Town Fete in 1958.
(f) Pollution from Road Vehicles
There is a difference of opinion about the potential
danger to health of the exhausts from petrol and diesel
engines respectively. There can however be no doubt that
as a source of nuisance, the badly adjusted or badly driven
diesel engine is by far the greater offender. The admission
of avoidable smoke from road vehicles is an offence under
the Road Traffic Act which is administered by the police.
When unsatisfactory conditions are observed the offender is
notified in writing and in most cases a co operative reply
is received.
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