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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hillingdon 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Environmental Health
85
Smoke Control Areas
The programme to extend smoke control areas throughout the Borough continued as scheduled; the position at the end of the year is set out below:—
| No. of Orders | Acres | Domestic Dwellings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority | Private | Other Premises | |||
| In operation at 31.12.65 | 33 | 10,244 | 6,277 | 14,549 | 1,480 |
| Brought into operation during 1966 | 3 | 1,004 | 1,100 | 2,021 | 416 |
| Orders confirmed but not yet operative | 2 | 690 | 142 | 1,396 | 252 |
| Orders made but not yet confirmed | 1 | 280 | 560 | 962 | 67 |
| Preparatory work in progress | 2 | 504 | 976 | 2,201 | 130 |
| TOTALS 31.12.66 | 41 | 12,722 | 9,055 | 21,129 | 2,345 |
Grit, Dust and Effluvia
Deposits of grit and dust in the vicinity of the Coal Depot, West Drayton and the Gasworks,
Uxbridge, have been monitored throughout the year. The locations of the monitoring sites are as
follows:—
N.C.B. Site 1 Tavistock Road, Yiewsley
300 feet north east of the depot
Site 2 Wimpole Road, Yiewsley
Site 60 feet north of Site 1.
Site 3 Wimpole Road, Yiewsley
Site 116 feet north of site 1.
Site 4 Fairway Avenue, West Drayton
Site 300 feet south of the depot.
Control Site in the grounds of Drayton Hall
N.T.G.B. Site 1 Bridge Road, Uxbridge
850 feet north east of the gas works
Site 2 Andover Close
550 feet north west of the gas works.
The total weight of grit and dust, and, where known, the weight of coal dust deposited in the gauges
has been set out on page 86, in addition the average weight deposited in five Inner London gauges has
also been shown.
Improvements and modifications have been made to the dust suppression methods used at the
coal depot and further modifications will take place in 1967. All the dust suppression methods are
dependent on the human element which is likely to be less reliable at peak handling periods when
the dust problem is most acute.