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Bridge Women's Co-operative Guild were addressed by the Chief and Deputy Chief Public
Health Inspectors.
Altogether some 6,000 notices and other documents in connection with Smoke Control
have been sent to householders, landlords and occupiers of industrial and commercial
premises during the year.
Some 290 visits/investigations associated with the mitigation of air pollution
were made by the public health inspectorate in connection with such matters as smoke
observations on factory chimneys, inspection of boiler installations, discussions with
managerial staff, and advice to boiler operatives on the proper use of fuels and the
method of stoking. A further 2,000-odd visits and inspections were made in connection
with the establishment of Smoke Control Areas. Pour standard deposit gauges are sited
in various parts of the Borough for the scientific measurement of dust and grit deposits.
The analytic results from these gauges are published in the Bulletin of the Department
of Scientific and Industrial Research.
The Chairman of the Public Health Committee, Alderman Mrs.Burrell, and the Chief
Public Health Inspector, are the Council's representatives on the London and Home
Counties Clean Air Advisory Council, and the Standing Conference of Co-operating Bodies
set up by the D.S.I.R. with which Leyton is co-operating in the investigation of
atmospheric pollution; daily observations continued throughout the year.
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