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Grouping of Factories:
Firms employing: 1 to 5 319
6 to 10 125
11 to 25 132
26 to 50 70
51 to 100 57
101 to 200 35
201 to 300 12
301 to 400 3
401 to 500 6
501 to 750 6
751 to 1,000 1
1,001 to 2,000 5
Total 771
Names of firms employing 201 to 300: 12—
Pritchards, Ltd., Alric Avenue 228
Ilfords, Ltd., Park Royal 252
U.D. Engineering Co., Ltd. 282
Park Wards, Coachbuilder 228
Luxfer, Ltd., Waxlow Road 225
Waterman Pen Co. 210
Gas Light and Coke Co. 253
Mickleover Transport 274
Thrupp & Maberley 275
Royal Society for Teaching the Blind 258
Patent Die Castings 206
Power Co., Taylors Lane 246
301 to 400: 3—
Lyons, Park Royal 389
Mono Containers 350
McVitie & Price 400
401 to 500: 6—
Lancashire Dynamo Crypto 418
Normands, Ltd. 412
Ascot Water Heaters 413
London Power Co., Acton Lane 402
Aron Electric Meters 459
Hall Telephone Accessories 492
501 to 750: 6—
Electroflo, Park Royal 618
Rolls Razor Co., Ltd. 657
Mabie Todd & Co. 565
Addressograph 536
Kemps Biscuit Works 750
Water lows 600
751 to 1,000: 1—
Guinness' Brewery 808
1,001 to 2,000: 5:—
Park Royal Coach Works 1,808
Heinz Ltd. 1,950
B.T.H. Ltd. 1,167
Smith's, Cricklewood 1,972
M/A 2 Smiths, North Circular Road 1,110
Noise:
There has been an increase in the number of complaints from residents concerning noise from factories.
There are two main factors to account for this increase. Firstly, many factories are now working late hours
in conformity with the export drive, and secondly, new machines causing a greater amount of noise and
vibration have been installed and parts of old machines have become worn out and have not been replaced.
The public have become more conscious of the effects of noise and vibration, and although they expect some
intermittent noise in industrial areas,—noise of traffic, noise from radio sets and their neighbours, etc.,—they
have found the constant noise and vibration from some factories unbearable, especially when it has disturbed
their sleep.
The public have one of two remedies for the abatement of noise nuisance: as private persons they may
apply to the Court for an injunction to abate the noise; This may be an expensive procedure, however, and
they usually adopt the alternative of asking the local authority to take action under the Middlesex County
Council Act of 1944. Section 313 of this Act gives the local authority power to deal with noise as a statutory
nuisance, except in the case of a railway company, the Transport Board or any statutory undertaking. To
constitute a nuisance, the noise must be excessive or unreasonable and must be injurious or dangerous to
health. It has not been easy to determine in a particular case whether a noise was injurious or dangerous to
health, but guiding principles have been if the noise has unduly disturbed sleep or caused a marked amount
of vibration in the living rooms. Difficulties have arisen where the person complaining has been of a nervous
temperament and therefore more susceptible to noise, but fortunately there have been other factors in these
cases which helped to make the final decision.