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(3) Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 6
(b) in respect of all defects 2
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 6
(5) Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First
Schedule
(6) Number of Certificates issued 1
PART II - Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
(7) Applications by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation
of certificates 4
(8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of
certificates 4
(9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite
of tenant's objection 1
(10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 1
CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956
Atmospheric Pollution Investigation
On the 14th November 1960 a meeting of the Standing Conference
of Co-operating Bodies in the Investigation of Atmospheric Pollution,
at which the Corporation was represented, accepted a report of a
specialist working party calling for changes in the scheme of
measurements in certain directions.
The essence of the scheme is the collation of measurements of
air pollution of different kinds made by local authorities in
various parts of the Country, and the publication of results in a
monthly bulletin which is distributed to the participating bodies.
The work of collation and publication is undertaken by the Department
of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Local authorities taking measurements under the scheme are able
to assess the degree of different types of pollution in their area or
in different parts in their area, and to compare the position in
their own area with that in similar areas in other parts of the
country. The information thus obtained may help them to decide what
remedial measures are necessary and their order of priority. Air
pollution measurements also provide a means of judging the success
of any remedial measures applied, and may provide a useful basis for
publicity in connection with local authorities' smoke control
programmes.
The scheme of co-operative measurements at that time was not
sufficiently comprehensive to provide an accurate picture of the
distribution of air pollution in different types of area throughout
the country. The working party, which included representatives
appointed by the Standing Conference of Co-operating Bodies, drew
up a plan for the redistribution of some of the measuring instruments,
and for the siting of new instruments, in order both to remedy
this defect and to provide a yardstick by which measurements would
be compared with the average degrees of pollution by smoke and sulphur dioxi®
in various types of area throughout the country.
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