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being thrown into the air each year. It is estimated that smoke costs
annually one hundred million pounds because of the need to clean buildings
and repair masonry, the laundering entailed, the replacing of plants in
parks and open spaces, the waste of fuel by imperfect combustion and the
need for extra lighting, etc. Half of the smoke emitted is produced by
the domestic grate. Even in non-industrial districts such as this one in
which the smoke problem is light compared with many other localities, improvement
could be brought about by the conversion of domestic grates
into types which produce little or no smoke, or by the greater use of
smokeless fuels.
Ten complaints were received during the year of nuisances arising
from smoke. In one of the two factories where wood chippings are being
used as part of the fuel, a grit arresting plant has been installed.