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There exists some nervousness among coal merchants about the effect of the loss of
the house coal market, but the use of approved smokeless fuels will be merely a replacement
of one solid fuel by another and clearly the merchants will have a most important part to
play, for which they must be allowed an adequate return. The rate at which smoke control
areas are instituted cannot be very rapid and must be related to the rate at which the fuel
can be made available.
THE FIRST WEST HAM SMOKE CONTROL AREA
The first report proposing a smoke control area in the Borough was presented to and
accepted by the Health Committee on 9th October, 1958. A brief description and particulars
of the properties within the proposed area are as follows
The area is 90.54 acres and comprises the major part of the Keir Hardie Estate in the
Tidal Basin and Beckton Wards. It is bounded on the south side by Victoria Dock Road and Caxton
Street North, on the west side by Hoy Street, St. Luke's Square, Ford Street, Shirley Street and
Rathbone Street, on the north side by Tant Avenue, Vincent Street and Fife Road, and on the east
side by Plymouth Road, Pacific Road, Adamson Road and Bridgeland Road.
A preliminary survey reveals that there are 1,127 premises in the area comprising l,08l
private dwellings, 34 commercial premises, 6 industrial premises and 6 other premises including
schools, churches and mission halls.
The total estimated cost of adaptation of the fireplaces of the l,08l private dwellings
is £5,850 of which the Exchequer's contribution will, it is hoped, be £2,340, the Council's
contribution is estimated at £3,420 and £90 will be payable by the owners of other properties.
Based on a normal consumption of 34 cwts. per year, and allowing for a small margin of
error the consumption of coal was calculated at 1,890 tons. It was estimated that about the
same amount of smokeless fuel would be required to replace it;
INSPECTION OF FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES
During the year 3,237 visits were made to establishments where food is sold or prepared
for sale.
Twelve applications for registrations under the provisions of the West Ham Corporation
Act, 1937, Sections 66 and 67, were approved, 7 being for the sale of ice cream, 3 for the
preparation of cooked meats and 2 for hawkers of greengrocery.
The total registrations under this Act now in force are -
Butchers 126 Wet & Fried Fish Shops 63
Ice Cream Retailers 322 Greengrocers 45
Grocers 198
The number of distributors of milk in the Borough is 248 and 556 licences were issued
permitting the use of the designations 'Pasteurised', 'Sterilised'and 'Tuberculin Tested1 in
respect of milk retailed by them.
One establishment is registered for the sterilisation and sale of sterilised milk.
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