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Section 11.
That the control exercised over new heating installations is not
onerous and that Smoke Control Orders are merely accelerating a
national trend towards the use of smokeless fuel is well shown by the
facts produced during the house to house survey of Wembley No. 1
(Barn Hill) Smoke Control Area, for out of 1,403 buildings which
will be subject to the first Order 799 are already using smokeless fuels.
In later years 1960 may well be regarded as a memorable one in
connection with the prevention of atmospheric pollution, for it marks,
with the making of the first Smoke Control Order, the initiation of
a programme which should, in time, produce notable benefits to the
health of the community, comparable with, if not so spectacular as
the introduction of piped water supplies and water carriage systems
of sewerage.
Wembley No. 1 (Barn Hill) Smoke Control Area.
At their meeting on the 3rd March, 1958, the Health Committee
recommended "that the Borough Council agree in principle
to the Barn Hill area being declared a Smoke Control Area."
This recommendation was adopted by the Council on the 18th March,
1958, and by October, 1958, a pilot survey of the area had been
completed and details were submitted to and approved by the Council.
As a result of the 10% survey it was estimated that the total cost of
adaptations to be carried out in the area would be £4,439 and that
the actual cost to the Council would be £1,332 plus administration
costs.
The detailed survey of the area was carried out during the year
and the following information has been collated.
During the survey over 2,000 visits were made to premises in the
area, two occupiers refused to supply information, four houses were
vacant and thirty dwellings were found to be owned by the Crown.
There are no premises which need to be specifically exempted on
account of the type of fireplace or furnace installed in the premises.
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