THE SMOKE NUISANCE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 7

THE SMOKE NUISANCE.

POSITION IN LONDON. (British Official AVireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 2. 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, was opened yesterday in the Science Museum, South Kensington. Dr. Des A 7 oeux, who presided, recalled that 36 years ago there used to be some 35 to 40 thick fogs in London every winter, and some of them lasted tor a week. Had the conditions then existing continued unchecked London would now be uninhabitable. , . , „ Sir Kingsley AA ood (Minister ot Health) said that smoke was a real and insidious enemy of health and cost the nation many millions yearly. Conditions were better now than at the end of last century in spite of the fact that 4,250.000 more dwelling houses had been built since 1901. The increased use of gas and electricity had helped in this improvement, but a great deal liad still to be done. In future progress he thought that legislation would be a less important item than prudent administration and cooperation between public authorities, manufacturers, and voluntary organisations. Domestic smoke was now the largest part of the problem.