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Redbridge 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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(c) Other Activities
Eight notifications of intention to instal new furnaces have been
received during the year.
The department is now solely responsible for making recommendations
in connection with the height of new industrial chimneys which
serve furnaces. Recommendations are based on the Memoranda of Chimney
Heights issued by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
In the same way the Department deals with the provision of grit and
dust arrestment plant in certain new industrial installations.
The Authority continued to be represented in the following bodies:
Motional Society for Clean Air.
Standing Conference of Co-operating Bodies in the Investigation of
Atmospheric Pollution.
(d) Hew Legislation:
The following enactments came into force during the year.
1. Clean Air Act, 1963 — main provisions
2. The Clean Air (Height of Chimneys)(Prescribed Form) Regulations, 1969.
3. The Clean Air (Height of Chimneys) (Exemption) Regulations, 1969.
4. The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations, 1969.
5. Clean Air Act, 1956, Order re-Exempted Fireplaces.
6. The Clean Air (Emission of Dark Smoke) (Exemption) Regulations, 1969.
7. The Clean Air (Arrestment Plant) Exemption Regulations, 1969.
Offices,
Shops and
Railway
Premises
Act, 1963.
The inspection of office and shop premises is carried out by the
District Public Health Inspectors under the supervision of a Senior
Public Health Inspector who also investigates all notified accidents and
applications for exemption.
2,648 inspections were made during the year and 243 informal
notices were served for contraventions of the Act. Many verbal notices
were given at the time of inspection for minor infringements.
Six cases of non-compliance were reported to the Committee and six
prosecutions were initiated. Two firms were also reported for contraventions
which came to light as the result of accidents to employees.
Eighty-five accident reports were received and investigated, but it
is still felt that many more accidents occur in small establishments