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proper use of their modern firegrates and to encourage them to use a solid
smokeless fuel, such as coke. In connection with this Exhibition 68 merchants
licensed to supply fuel in Shoreditch were invited, together with representatives
of other official organisations, to a meeting in the Town Hall to discuss
the campaign. The meeting was addressed by the Medical Officer of Health,
Chief Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Alderman D. Wray and others. The difficulties of
supplies of solid smokeless fuel, particularly coke, was the main topic
discussed, and the majority of the merchants agreed to co-operate with us in an
endeavour to get a better supply of solid smokeless fuel (coke) in the Borough.
During the period that the Mobile Exhibition Unit was in the Borough, all
caretakers employed in Borough Council flats received instruction on the
efficient working of the boilers and methods of reducing atmospheric pollution
by ensuring efficient combustion of the fuel.
When nuisances are observed from chimneys in adjoining authorities,
information is sent to the Public Health Department of the local authority concerned.
The volumetric measurement of smoke and sulphur in the atmosphere was
commenced at the beginning of the year. The keeping of daily records and
graphs is an important part of the work and the results are submitted monthly
to be collated by the Ministry of Fuel and Power for publication in their
monthly bulletin. As a matter of interest the following diagram sets out a
comparison between smoke in Shoreditch and other parts of the Metropolitan area:-
MONTHLY AVERAGE OF
SMOKE IN METROPOLITAN AREA
(January to December 1955)
MILLIGRAMS PER CUBIC METRE