LONDON FOGS.
[TO THE EDITOR 07 THIS " SPECTATOR:1
$w.,—Your issue of December 31st, 1910, contained the most gratifying statement that the number of foggy days in London has been reduced since 1884 by more than half, and you state that the principal cause has been the reduction of smoke due to the action of public authorities and to the use of improved methods of lighting and heating. There can be no doubt that London is vastly cleaner that it was, and archi- tecture as well as all works of art are benefiting accordingly ;
but may I venture to point out that the public authorities did practically nothing to help matters until the Coal Smoke Abatement Society was formed? And, as we owe the blessing of a cleaner town to the untiring energy of that Society, which has put the public authorities in motion, it is only fair that credit should be given to the Society as an encouragement to those who have worked so hard to attain a healthy and beautiful London. It is astonishing that so few Londoners subscribe to the Society which has done so much for them.—
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