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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
The Chief Public Health Inspector reports as follows:-
"The Clean Air Act, 1956. - The Padnall Estate
Smoke Control Area having been instituted last year
is operating well. There has been little trouble - indeed
no contraventions of the Order were discovered
nor has there been any difficulty in obtaining the
appropriate 'smokeless fuels'.
The co-operation of the owners and the tenants
in this project and the advice and information received
from the various Government departments and the
fuel merchants is gratefully appreciated.
Atmospheric pollution measurement was improved
by the purchase of a 'Smoke Stain Reflectometer'
which eliminates the human errors possible
in visual examination and estimation of the density
of stains on filter papers used with the Volumetric
appliances on the three stations in the Borough.
The 'deposit gauges' and the 'lead peroxide'
appliances have been discontinued as they are now
considered to be inefficacious in general atmospheric
pollution measurement. This will mean a considerable
curtailment of expenditure on the analysis of the
results of the exposures of these instruments.
Housing Act, 1957. - The clearance of unfit
houses in accordance with the five year programme
submitted to the Minister continued and is nearing
completion. It is limited by re-housing problems,
but these are being dealt with urgently by the Council.
A particular problem facing not only the Ilford
Council but the larger towns in the country generally,
is that created by the acquisition of the larger type
of dwelling house by an individual and sub-letting it
to separate families to create overcrowding and
sanitary chaos in the amenities provided with resultant
nuisance and annoyance not only to the occupiers
themselves but also to the neighbours.