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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Ministry of Science to examine the nature, sources and effects of the problem of noise.
The questionnaire covered the period November, 1960 - June, 1961.
| Quest ion | Answer |
|---|---|
| (a) The number of instances in which they have been able to secure abatement by using formal procedures provided in the Noise Abatement Act, 1960, and the source of noise in each instance. | Nil |
| (b) The number of instances in which they have been able to secure abatement without formal procedures and the source of noise in each instance. | (1) Factory machinery at night. |
| (2) Bakery lorries, early morning. | |
| (3) Motor-cycles at night. | |
| (4) Wholesale oil depot. | |
| (5) Concrete block manufacture. | |
| (6) Electric exhaust fan. | |
| (7) Air compressor at night. | |
| (8) Coal depot, early morning. | |
| (8) Vehicles at Ice-Cream depot at night. | |
| (c) whether in any instance in which the Council have been able to secure abatement of noise nuisance they felt that they would have been able to do so without the powers provided by the Noise Abatement Act. | Examples (1) to (9) above. |
| (d) Whether there have been any instances of noise nuisance in which the Council felt that their present powers under the Noise Abatement Act are inadequate. | Those borderline cases, where although the noise is the cause of annoyance, there is difficulty in substantiating a statutory nuisance Many of the examples (1) to (9) above fall into this category. |
| (e) Whether before the Noise Abatement Act, 1960, came into force they had similar Local Act or Bye-Law powers. | The Leyton Corporation Act, 1950 -Section 52. |
The Noise Abatement Act of 1960 has, however, strengthened the powers previously
contained in the Leyton Corporation Act, in that the causal relationship between noise
and vibration is now recognised, and the proviso that a noise must be excessive or
unreasonable or unnecessary and prejudicial to health before action may be taken is
removed.
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