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Clean Air Act,1956
The Borough's No. 2 Smoke Control Order was confirmed by the Minister of
Housing and Local Government on 30th January 1961 and came into operation on
1st October, 1961 The area now covered by Orders Nos. 1 and 2 totals 588 acres
and contains 1,831 dwellings of which 424 are Council owned or controlled
No domestic smoke offences were reported in the year in either of the
Smoke Control Areas in operation and no solid fuel supply difficulties were
encountered.
During the year the survey of a third area of the Borough was commenced.
This area is bounded on the north by the Great West Road (Cedars Road and
Ellesmere Road Section), on the east by Park Road, on the west by the Richmond
(District) Railway Line and on the south by the Southern Region Railway (Waterloo
Line) The survey was not completed by the end of the year but it was anticipated
that the Council would be ready to make a covering Smoke Control Order during
the early part of 1962. The area covers approximately 109 acres and contains
1,564 dwellings of which 360 are Council owned or controlled Also included
are 24 commercial and 5 miscellaneous premises,
It is estimated that the total amount of bituminous coal burned per annum
in this area and requiring replacement by smokeless fuels is 880 tons Other
additional fuel requirements are 120,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and
16,580 therms of town gasc
The number of visits and revisits made during the year in connection with
Smoke Control Areas was 1,132.
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