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OUTWORKERS
In the last return made by employers of labour, the total
number of outworkers in the Borough was shown to be 253, compared with
262 in 1956,

Local firms employ 87 per cent, of these outworkers, the
remainder being employed by firms in various parts of the country.
Local industry also employs 76 outworkers who reside outside
the Borough.
Periodical inspections of the outworkers' homes are made by the
Council's Public Health Inspectors, Altogether 272 such visits
were made in 1957 to ensure that the home working conditions were
satisfactory,
CLEAN AIR
(A) Smoke Control Areas - The part of the Clean Air Act, 1956,
relating to the setting up of Smoke Control Areas was brought into
force on the 30th December, 1956, and immediately the Council decided
to make full use of these new provisions, Three Smoke Control
Areas were proposed9 details of which are as followss-
(i) Abbey Wood. This area comprises a total of 157 acres,
including 74 acres of open land. It is bounded on the south by
Bostall Hill and Old Park Road, on the west by Basildon Road, on the
north by McLeod Road, and on the east by Knee Hill, and comprises
1,154 dwellings, including 432 Council dwellings, together with 13
commercial premises and three others.
It was originally proposed that this Staoke Control Order should
become operative in September, 1958, but having regard to possible
difficulties in connection, with the prefabricated bungalows in the Area,
the operative date of the Order was deferred until 1st October, 1959,
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