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48.
SMOKE CONTROL AREAS (contd).
Co-operation with other bodies:
We have been advised by the Corporation of the City of London that the
City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1960, extends to powers to prohibit the
emission of smoke in the City to any land or buildings which are partially
or wholly within the area of any Borough Adjacent to the City. The City
Council is anxious to extend the subject of smoke control beyond the bounds
of the City, and we have advised them of our intention to make the whole
of Shoreditch a Smoke Control Area as soon as is practicable.
National Survey - Co-operation with the Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research.
Measurements of the smoke and sulphur-dioxide content in the atmosphere
are made by many different bodies in stations at varying distances apart
throughout the country. Some local authorities maintain several stations,
some, such as Shoreditch, maintain one station at the Town Hall and many do
not take any measurement whatever.
In order that the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research can
institute a systematic survey of the condition of the atmosphere throughout
the country and throughout the County of London, a selection of districts
has been made by statistical methods so that the readings in these districts
will be representative of the Region.
The whole of the Metropolitan Area was divided into a number of
squares and five squares were chosen at random. A part of Shoreditch falls
within one of the selected squares and our co-operation in this survey has
been sought by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Discussions will be conducted with the Officers of the Department as to
the precise location of new instruments in the selected portion of the Borough
and as to the most effective sites.