[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough.

  • Slough Borough Council
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL SANITATION. Atmospheric Pollution and Smoke Abatement. As a modern industrial area making extensive use of electric power, atmospheric pollution within the Borough cannot be ^ problem, as indeed is the position in many long estabhshed industrial regions There are however, several factories where power is raised by steanr and many of them are equipped with appHances for indicating and preventing the emisLn of smoke. The Department gives immediate attention on th( occasions when excessive emissions of smoke occur. Durino- the year under review 15 complaints were received concerning smoke and'associated problems as a result of which 115 smoke observation: were made and in addition 71 special visits were paid to factories for th purpose of investigation and discussion with executives, engineers am stokers. Your Chief and Deputy Chief Officers each hold the special qualificatio. of the Royal Sanitary Institute as smoke inspectors and they attend persona to those problems of smoke emission which arise from time to time. The Corporation, through your chairman and myself are represente on the National Smoke Abatement Society and the Home Counties Smok Abatement Advisory Committee. A member of your Committee and m Deputy attended the Annual Conference'of the former organisation whic in 1954 was held at Scarborough. During the year the Council implemented Section 106 of the Slough Co: Dotation Act 1949, which deals with the prevention of smoke from industri furnaces. Before installing a furnace to which this DroDOsal including plans and particulars, is submitted to the Corporatio Within a period of six weeks the Corporation must serve notice on tl oroDOser stating whether or not they are satisfied that the installation is . far Is practicabfe, capable of being operated continuously without emittir smoke. Although the scheme, appropriately termed “Prior Approval, quite voluntary, every effort is made by your officers to encourage propo to make application in respect of all new installations to which this Sectic apphes. Under this scheme, which operated from Is^une 1954 Je^P^J by the end of the year had given “Prior Approval in respect of the followii industrial fuel consuming plant (1) June Messrs. Imperial Chemical Industries, Wexham Road Oil-fired Economic boik 100ft. chimne] 12) September Messrs. Rolex Paper Co. Ltd., ^ 165, Berkshire Avenue. Oil-fired Steam raisinj plant.
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