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1)ffl That slightly over 50% were buying prepacked fuel.
2). Slightly over 50% had. storage capacity of 3 cwts. or less
of smokeless fuel.
3). Choice of fuels
Cleanglow Gloco Coalite Others Total
185 49 17 4 255 *
Some indicated, two fuels.
Smoke Observations
During the winter months last year observations were made in the
Smoke Control Areas, and chimneys emitting smoke were noted and the cause
investigated.
In some blocks of flats the tracing of these guilty chimneys to the
particular offending occupier proved a lengthy operation, For example, some
blocks of flats have chimney stacks without pots containing up to a dozen
flues and it is seme times virtually impossible to establish from which flue
the smoke is being emitted.
Generally the difficulty of finding somebody at home to answer the
door is another obstacle to this work and on average only 50% of the calls are
effective.
The Clean Air Act 1956 does not provide a right of access to a private
dwelling house for the purpose of ascertaining whether coal is being burned on
the grate and this is surely an omission which should be remedied.
I have enlarged on the difficulties encountered in enforcement and I
would like to add that generally there is a lot of goodwill and co-operation
existing between the Public and the Department,
Rise in price of solid fuel