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Feltham smoke control orders
Area No Operative date
1 1st November 1961
2 1st October 1962
3 1st October 1963
4 1st October 1964
5 1st November 1965
London Borough of Hounslow (Feltham) Smoke
control orders
Area No Operative date
6 1st December 1966
7 1st December 1967
8 1st December 1968
9 1st December 1969
Heston & Isleworth smoke control orders
Area No Operative date
1 1st October 1960
2 1st September 1961
3 1st October 1962
4 1st October 1962
5 1st October 1963
6 1st October 1963
7 1st October 1964
8 1st October 1964
9 1st October 1965
London Borough of Hounslow (Heston &
Isleworth) smoke control orders
Area No Operative date
10 1st December 1966
11 1st December 1967
12 1st December 1968
13 1st December 1969
This means that 11,148 acres (77%) of the
borough are now covered by smoke control
orders which control 48,586 premises (71%)
The progress of the council's clean air
policy is running smoothly but it involves a
lot of visits by the public health inspectors
and technical assistants surveying and
investigating applications for grant. 8,686
visits were made in connection with this work.
During the year 30 notifications were
received of proposals to instal a furnace or
boiler and 28 applications for approval of
chimney heights.12 complaints were received
from the public concerning smoke nuisances.
These were all visited observations made
and any necessary action taken. They were
resolved without the necessity of statutory
action
Measurement of atmospheric pollution
The council maintains three instruments
which measure the amount of atmospheric
pollution These instruments record smoke
density and the sulphur dioxide content of
the air and are kept running for 24 hours a
day. Readings are sent to the Ministry of
Technology.
The effects of smoke control work generally
was recently assessed by the Research and
Intelligence Unit of the Greater London Council
Their finding confirmed the reduction of smoke
and sulphur dioxide concentrations throughout
the London area, a fact which is apparent to all.
Factories Act, 1961
Table 27 refers to the work carried out under
the Factories Act, 1961 1,539 visits were
paid by the public health inspectors to
factory premises and an additional 85
inspections were made to outworker premises.
Offices Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963
This legislation was designed to make
provisions for the health safety and welfare
of persons employed to work in offices or
shop premises and work concerned with
these matters has continued throughout the
year by the public health inspectors Table
26 indicates the number and type of premises
registered and inspected
An analysis of contraventions found and
rectified is as follows:
Cleanliness 72 Sitting facilities 1
Overcrowding 2 Seats (sedentary
Temperature 112 workers)
Ventilation 27 Eating facilities 1
Lighting 31 Floors, passage &
Sanitary stairs 127
conveniences 112 Fencing exposed
parts machinery 5
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