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PART VIII OF THE ACT.
Outwork. The following table gives details of work which is
carried on in private dwelling houses.

9. CAMPING SITES.
There are no camping sites within the Borough.
10. ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION.
During the year twelve complaints were received in respect of
smoke or grit emission. None of these, however, related to
large industrial or commercial installations. The matters referred
to in general were minor ones due to lack of care and consideration
by persons burning rubbish and waste material.
The one case of smoke nuisance from an industrial plant
mentioned in the last Report was brought under control by charging
the fuel used from coal to coke. Technical Officers from the Gas
Board were able to recommend a suitable grade of fuel and the
plant for the past year has functioned satisfactorily.
Following upon the receipt of memorandum 5/59 from the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Corporation considered
proposals made with the object of declaring smoke control areas in
the Borough.
The Corporation decided, in principle, to implement the
proposals but the defining of the areas and the order in which they
would be dealt with was not decided during the year under review.
Recording of Atmospheric Pollution - An instrument is maintained
on the Guildhall roof for the recording of smoke and sulphur dioxide
by the volumetric method. The advantage of this method over the
deposit gauge is that it is possible to obtain daily readings of
pollution and to observe more closely the effects of weather conditions
on the state of the atmosphere. The following table and
graph indicate the results obtained, Smoke is expressed in milligrams
per 100 cubic metres and the sulphur dioxide in parts per
100 million.