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* Includes two areas scheduled for redevelopment.
The details given above are factual up to the making of the Order in respect
of the proposed No. 8 Area and thereafter are tentative.
SECTION 12 (Adaptation of fireplaces in private dwellings). During the year
the following Notices were served:-
(1) Intimation Notices 2,618
(2) Statutory Notices 2,713
Summonses were applied for against 10 owners who failed to comply with 31
notices requiring them to carry out adaptations necessary to enable occupiers
of the premises concerned to comply with the terms of Smoke Control Orders.
Of these cases 17 were withdrawn as the work was carried out. Summonses are
to be issued for the remaining 14.
In all cases where an adaptation approved by the Council is carried out a
grant of 70% of the total approved cost is payable by the Council who recover
40% from the Exchequer; the section does, however, provide for payment by the
Council the sums in excess of the statutory 70%.
In 14 cases relating to 21 adaptations payment of 100% of the approved
cost was made in respect of each adaptation,
SECTION 16 (Abatement of smoke nuisances). Eight of the nine instances of
smoke being emitted in such quantity as to constitute a nuisance were dealt
with without recourse to statutory action.
In the remaining case the nuisance arose because of the use of a furnace
on which there was already a Prohibition Order. Proceedings were taken against
the owner for contravention of the Prohibition Order.
(a) Clean Air Centre. During the year some 4 000 residents, builders, trades
representatives, etc, visited the Centre in Florfield Road to obtain advice on
various aspects of the Clean Air Act and in particular for detailed information
regarding the adaptation of their fireplaces, method of obtaining grant aid.
use of smokeless fuels, etc. The Centre continues to accommodate some of the
staff engaged on work connected with the implementation of the Clean Air Act.
(b) The National Society for Clean Air. The Council renewed its annual
subscription to this Society and was represented on the Council of the Society
by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Public Health Committee and the
Medical Officer of Health.
(c) The London and Home Counties Clean Air Advisory Council. The Council
renewed its annual subscription to this body on which the Council is
represented by the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Committee
together with the Medical Officer of Health.
(d) Joint Conference of Local Authorities. This Joint Conference, formed
in 1957, comprises representatives from the following authorities:-
County Borough of East Ham and West Ham.
Boroughs of Barking Chingford, Dagenham, Ilford, Leyton,
Walthamstow, Wanstead and Woodford.
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, and the Urban District
of Chigwell.