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Milk (3), Cornish Pasty (2). Five successful prosecutions were instituted, warning
letters were sent in 3 instances, and the remaining 2 cases were noted with a resolve
for no further action.
Attention is drawn to the statistical section of the report, which gives details
in tabular form of premises and businesses registered and/or licensed under the Pood
and Drugs Act, 1955, and associated legislation. Pull details are also given of
inspections, notices, legal proceedings, and improvements effected to business premises
as a result of action taken by the Department.
AIR POLLUTION AND SMOKE CONTROL
In a circular addressed to Local Authorities, the Ministry of Housing and Local
Government referred to a review made in consultation with the Clean Air Council, of
progress by Local Authorities in establishing smoke control areas since the powers of
Section 11, Clean Air Act, 1956, became operative. While the first response was encouraging,
the Minister hoped that in future it would be possible to make faster
progress, especially in removing the smoke pall from the "black areas" where air
pollution is worst, and said that in his view the task of bringing under smoke control the
large number of areas involved needs to be systematically planned and executed by local
authorities. The Minister had asked that Councils in "black areas" should now consider
their smoke problem as a whole; decide on the smoke control areas that are needed, in
what order of priority they should be made, and how many years it is likely to take to
finish the job, and that they should then prepare a phased programme for establishing
smoke control areas over the next five years. He had suggested that informal consultation
between neighbouring authorities on programming may be desirable, and invited
local authorities to inform him of their conclusions by 30th June, 1959.
As a result of the decision of the Committee in relation to this circular, a
preliminary survey of the Borough was carried out by the Public Health inspectorate
and a phased programme of Smoke Control areas which would ultimately bring the whole
Borough under smoke control was considered and accepted by the Council.
Approval of the Council's first proposed smoke control area was received from the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government in June. Since that time every house, factory
and other building in the area has been surveyed by the Public Health Inspector to
ascertain the extent, if any, to which existing fire places and furnaces require replacement
or adaptation and the estimated cost of the works involved.
The area comprises approximately 295 acres, the nucleus of which is the Crescent
Road Redevelopment area, and the new housing development at Ive Farm and Villiers
Close, and is contained within the following boundaries:- Windsor Road and Ruckholt
Road to the South; Brewster Road, Vicarage Road, Park Road and Marsh Lane to the
North; High Road Leyton to the East; and the Borough Boundary to the West; 1,776
families and 98 industrial and other premises will be affected if the Council's proposed
Smoke Control Order is confirmed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. The
Order is scheduled to come into operation on 1st October, 1961. The total estimated
cost of the works involved in replacing or adapting the 1,665 domestic fireplaces in
regular use in the area is £18,505., of which expenditure 4/10ths will be borne by the
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