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Smoke Control Area No.2 (Hampstead Garden Suburb).
The Order controlling this area came into operation on 1st. October, 1962.
The area contains 2,554 dwellings and 90 other premises. Adaptations to
fireplaces were found to be necessary at 1273 dwellings at an estimated cost to
the Council of £6532.
Work was still proceeding at the end of the year, a number of householders
finding difficulty in obtaining the services of contractors to execute the work.
The Council have accordingly allowed until 30th June, 1963 for the submission of
claims for grant.
Prom the number of applications received for the approval of estimates, it is
anticipated that 640 claims will be received, i.e. approximately 50% of the possible
number. Others are known to have had work carried out without claiming grant so
that it is likely that the final response to this Order will be an improvement on
Area No.1.
Smoke Control Area No.3 (Claremont Road Estate)
The Order controlling this area came into operation on 1st. October, 1962.
This is a small area made principally to enable adaptations which were
necessary at the Council's Housing Estate at Claremont Road to be carried out with
the benefit of 40% grant from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. The
total estimated cost of these works was £541.
These works, and others at a few privately-owned dwellings in the area were
satisfactorily completed by the end of the year.
As in Area No.2, arrangements were made for the mobile exhibition unit of
the Solid Smokeless Fuels Federation to visit the area. It spent two days there
at various sites in October and demonstrated various types of solid smokeless
fuel burning appliances in use. Technical specialists were in attendance to give
advice on problems relating to the use of these fuels and were kept busily engaged
doing so during the whole of the two days.
Smoke Control Area No.U (West Hendon and The Hyde)
This Order was confirmed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government on
27th. September, 1962 and comes into operation on 1st. October, 1963.
This Order was made principally to cover the Council's The Hyde, Reet's Farm
and Kingsbury Road housing estates where adaptations were necessary to 387 appliances
at an estimated cost of £13,718.
Adaptations were also necessary of 289 appliances in privately-owned dwellings
at an estimated cost to the Council by the way of a grant of £375.
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