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Section 24—Building Byelaw 115A.
Appliances for heating and cooking installed in new buildings
must, in general, be capable of burning smokeless fuel, although there
is no obligation on the part of the occupier to do so until the area in
which the building is situated becomes the subject of a smoke control
order. The proper installation of suitable appliances in new houses
at the time of erection has been particularly important during the
past six years since any house built after 5th July, 1956, does not
qualify for grant in case any works of adaptation to fireplaces become
necessary to comply with a smoke control order.
During the year, under the supervision of the Borough Engineer
and Surveyor's Building Inspection Section, there were erected and
equipped in accordance with the requirements of this byelaw :—
Privately built dwellings 113
Council built dwellings 45
Section 25—Measurement of atmospheric pollution.
For nine years, from 1952 to 1961, the deposit of soot and grit
at a site in the Exhibition Grounds was collected in a standard gauge
and analysed monthly.
The gauge had the primary purpose of monitoring the fall-out
from the Neasden Power Station, and was one of a group initiated
by the neighbouring authority, Willesden, where a number of gauges
were in use over the same period in the vicinity of the several generating
stations in that district.
The undissolved solids collected by this gauge showed a most
satisfactory trend during the years of its exposure, the average monthly
amounts being as follows :—