ABSTRACT
Many of the industries referred to are now extremely rare in built-up areas, and many occur mainly as subsidiary processes in large general industrial factories. The control of industrial nuisance has a history which goes back long before town planning was thought of. The two most important series of Acts are the Alkali Acts and the Public Health Acts. The Alkali Act of 1906 consolidated the earlier Acts of 1881 and 1892. All works in the scheduled trades were required to register with the Local Government Board and arrangements were made for periodic visits to them by Alkali Inspectors appointed under the Act. In addition to visiting works registrable under the Alkali Acts, the inspectors visit factories in similar or related industries, and they do in fact exercise a very efficient control over the very wide range of industrial nuisance which is caused by gases, fumes, dust and some forms of smell.
