[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, High Wycombe Borough.
- High Wycombe (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, High Wycombe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![covering ],221^6 acres and 2,885 houses but as has been pointed out, the number of houses in some of these areas will increase as building deveiopso The following table gives details of the areas Smoke Control Areas Houses planned Gomm* s Wood 122 Deeds Grove 383 New Road No.1 94 New Road No,2 ) Castlefield No,1 ) 145 Upper Bowerdean 277 Hicks Farm 659 Quebec Road 201 Plomer Hill 109 Desborough Avenue 509 North Western 1148 (b) Industrial Smoke Houses erected to date Acreage 122 11,75 383 56,6 94 10.65 144 8,4 10,9 201 39« 265 128,3 201 29c 109 lOo (Borough on 493 192o 870 725. It is regretted that little real progress was made with regard to the further elimination of industrial smoke, and as after the 5th July, 1963 the defence permitted under Section 2 of the Clean Air Act, 1956 will cease to have effect, many industrialists will be in an embarrassing position after that date, (c) Air Pollution The amount of smoke and sulphur dioxide in the air at the town centre continued to be measured by the Daily Recording Instrument, The figures obtained by the record- ings in this Department were forwarded to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for inclusion in the complete atmospheric pollution survey throughout the country. The graph on page 47 shows the increase of impurities in the air during the November/Decen±)er fog. -46-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29427873_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
