ENEMY OF HEALTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 236, 5 October 1936, Page 7

ENEMY OF HEALTH.

Abating Smoke Nuisance in' London. AVERTING FOGS. MBritish Official Wireless. (Receivad 9.30 a.m.) RUGBY, October 4. A smoke abatement exhibition designed to illustrate the effects of smoke, methods by which air pollution can be measured and how the nuisance can be abated, has been opened in the Science Museum, South Kensington. Dr. des Voeux, who presided, recalled that 3b years ago there, used to be 35 to 40 thick fogs in London every winter and some of them lasted a week. _ Had tlie conditions then existing continued unchecked, London now would be uninhabitable. Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister of Health, said smoke was a real, insidious enemy of health. It had cost the nation many millions a year. Conditions were better now than at the end of last century. In future, he thought, legislation would be a less important item than prudent administration and cooperation between public authorities, manufacturers and voluntary organisations. Domestic smoke now was the largest part of the problem.