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Government of the Ann Street Nos, 5-8 Areas, and rehousing
of the occupants in these Areas was commenced., Altogether
1,156 new dwellings were completed in the Borough during
the year, besides the erection by the Borough Council of the
first of the four 14-storey blocks of flats in the St„ Mary's
Comprehensive Development Area - the highest block so far
erected by the Council, Dwellings were completed on
a number of other sites in the Borough, including the Bostall
Estate and at Southend Crescent, The scheme for the erection
of 71 dwellings in the Belson Road and Kingsman Street Area
was also begun. The County Council's work on the Abbey
Estate was also materially advanced during the year.
Further large areas of the Borough were brought under
Smoke Control during 1960 and the results achieved to date
prove the worth of the work of the Council in this sphere‚
By the end of the year six large areas in the Borough were
under Smoke Control, covering over 9*000 houses, A further
5*000 houses will be brought under Smoke Control by October,
l§6l. Two further large areas, covering 4,500 houses are
also being surveyed for this purpose, so that by October, 1962
20,000 houses will be under Smoke Control out of a total of
44,000 houses in the Borough,
In recent months there has been a greater awareness
among the public generally of the harmful effects to health
of noise, and an Increasing number of complaints of excessive
noise have been received by the Council, Recent complaints
have related to noise from factories and from building sites,
noise from the delivery of milk bottles, noise from ice-cream
chimes, noise from electric motors in flats, and most frequently
of all, noise from motor traffic. The Council's Public
Health Inspectors are able to deal with most of these complaints
and with the co-operation of the offenders bring about a reduction
in the amount of noise.
The serious consequences, particularly to the very young
and the very old, from home accidents is repeatedly emphasised
in the Council's Health Education activities. Every effort
is being made to draw attention to the simple precautions and
safeguards that should be taken to prevent these home accidents.
The Council, besides co-operating with the County Council in
special Home Safety campaigns, undertakes local publicity on
home accident prevention, which includes the showing of sound
films, the giving of talks, advice from the staff when visiting
individual homes, and the distribution of a large amount of
literature and other information on the subject.
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