[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1956
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Smoke Control Areas The Council has already resolved that two areas in the borough shall be declared Smoke Control Areas, and preliminary work to that end is now in progress. The first involves a new Council Housing estate to be constructed which will, when complete, total 2,000 houses. The second is an existing residential area to the north west of the borough and including the civic centre. This latter area contains some 1,338 houses. Clean Air Exhibition The inaugural exhibition of the West Midland’s Clean Air Campaign was held in the Town Hall, Dudley, on Tuesday—Friday, the 11th to 14th September, 1956. The official opening took place on Monday, 10th September, before an invited audience of about 250 people, being representative of the industry and commerce of the town. Sir Hugh Beaver, K.B.E., was the guest of honour and performed the opening ceremony. The aim of the exhibition, coupled with meetings each evening, was to illustrate to industrialists and householder alike, how smoke pollution could be drastically reduced and finally eliminated. Whilst no official attendance records were kept, it was felt at the conclusion of the exhibition that it has been quite successful and had helped immeasurably in propagating the ideal of clean air within the community. Statistics No. of smoke observations taken .... 126 Aggregate emissions were as follows: Black smoke 101J mins. Dense smoke 124] mins. Light smoke .... 286i mins. This gives an average emission per 30 minute observation as follows: Black smoke .... .... .... .... 0.80mins. Dense smoke .... .... 0.98 mins. Light smoke .... .... .... .... .... 2.27 mins. Premises visited or re-visited re smoke emission .... 43 Visits re Clean Air Exhibition. .. 87 New replacement boiler plants installed 1 Conversions to oil firing 2 Underfeed stokers installed .... .... .... .... 1 Improvements effected due to improved firing methods and/or minor repairs or improvements to plant 3](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171210_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
