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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table summarises the work of the department in connection with smoke abatement and air pollution:-
| Number of complaints received | 172 |
| Number of observations and investigations made | 1,084 |
| Number of nuisances found | 62 |
| Number of nuisances abated | 62 |
| Number of formal notifications given (Section 30) | 24 |
| Number of formal notices served (Section 16) | 4 |
| Number of visits in connection with industrial boilers and furnaces | 434 |
| Number of visits in connection with domestic Smoke Control | 7,365 |
| Number of improvements effected to industrial fuel burning equipment | 57 |
| Number of notifications of intention to install furnaces | 8 |
| Number of applications for approval of new furnaces in accordance with Section 3(2) | 3 |
| Number of informal notices to owners of properties in Smoke Control Areas | 1,504 |
| Number of formal notices served Section 12 | 1,180 |