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pollution. The campaign for a cleaner atmosphere should be a continuing one
and not merely an occasional sporadic effort as and when some catastrophe such
as that of December, 1952, focuses public attention on the problem.
In addition to the information disseminated by sanitary inspectors and
other officers of the Council when visiting homes in the Borough, the subject
of smoke abatement can be brought to the notice of the Borough's inhabitants
through the medium of talks to various organisations.
Finally, as regards London, I feel very strongly that no individual
metropolitan borough should adopt a defeatist attitude towards this matter,
which is vital to the health of its citizens; on the contrary, they should
take every measure possible, starting here and now, to tackle the problem. It
will be appreciated that the degree of success attained will depend upon the
effectiveness of the action taken by all the authorities in the metropolitan
area: in this connection the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee
should be encouraged to pursue this matter relentlessly, and all boroughs
should co-operate to the full with the County Council in that authority's
activities, "
The Committee, after a discussion agreed to receive the report and to
adopt the recommendations set out therein.
With regard to Section 137 (1) (Nuisances arising from offensive trades),
four complaints were received, and, following investigation, three informal
notices, all of which were complied with, were served.
The table on page 14 of the Appendix gives the monthly findings from the
three Atmospheric Pollution Recording Stations in the Borough,