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Hackney 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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SECTION 30 (Duty to notify occupiers of offences). Pursuant to the
provisions of this section, written notice of contraventions of Sections 1 11
and 16 were sent to occupiers of the 26 premises concerned.
The following table summarises the work of the department in connection
with the implementation of the Clean Air Act:-
Number of complaints received 66
Number of observations and investigations made 142
Number of contraventions of Section 1 (Dark Smoke) found 2
Number of contraventions of Section 11 (Smoke Control Areas) 10
Number of smoke nuisances (Section 16) 13
Number of notifications to occupiers of offences (Section 30) 26
Number of formal notices (Section 16) served 1
Number of visits in connection with industrial boilers and furnaces 44
Number of improvements effected to industrial fuel burning equipment 2
Number of notifications of intention to install new furnaces (Section 3(1)) 19
Number of applications for approval of new furnaces in accordance with
Section 3(2) 3
Number of visits in connection with domestic Smoke Control 16,575
Number of informal notices to owners of properties in Smoke Control Areas 3,345
Number of formal notices served (Section 12) 3,956