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NUCLEAR RADIATION
Regular reports have been received from the Metropolitan Water Board indicating
the amount of radio- active effluent ascertained in the sources of the
water drunk locally. During 1962, all discharges from the Atomic Energy Authorities
were monitored and declared satisfactory. It is still not known how many
local factories are using radio-active materials but registration of these will
soon be coming into operation, and the local authority is likely to get to know
something more of the use of such materials locally, though at present we are
informed that strict control of the issue, transport and use of the substances
is maintained centrally.
NOISE NUISANCE
Eight complaints of nuisance from noise were received during 1962, three
were not substantiated, the other five, in respect of small factories, were
ameliorated by the factory managements during the year, although in one instance
it was necessary to have expert opinion on the intensity of the noise prior to
agreement.
OFFENSIVE SMELLS
Prom time to time complaints of offensive smells require investigation,
the source of the smell sought and treated, whether it is an offensive accumulation
or faulty sanitation, but a more pervading and persistent odour coming into
the Borough from a neighbouring district was the source of some difficulty during
the year, as it was coming from a Sewage Works, and proved difficult to ameliorate
By the end of the year the prospect of abatement was in sight.
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