The Scottish Environment Statistics

The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

4. ATMOSPHERE

Table 4.18 Noise pollution 1996-97¹
	Complaints				Total²			Industrial					Commercial							Domestic						Vibration					Entertainment							Construction
	Complaints received				7,315		676			(22%)			1431		(41%)				3243				(51%)				83		(24%)			997			(45%)				885		(57%)
	Investigations				5,035		607			(21%)			922		(42%)				2231				(41%)				49		(12%)			688			(48%)				538		(55%0
	Nuisance confirmed				1,759		230			(23%)			427		(50%)				419				(28%)				5		(0%)			408			(52%)				270		(62%)
	Informal remedy				2,600		347			(29%)			587		(40%)				905				(23%)				15		(0%)			394			(41%)				352		(49%)
	Notice served				218		14			(43%)			53		(85%)				24				(92%)				0					75			(81%)				52		(54%)
	Notice appealed				15		2			(0%)			0						0								0					11			(91%)				1		(100%)
	Prosecutions				0		0						0						0								0					0							0
	Fines				0		0						0						0								0					0							0
			Aircraft								Traffic							Railway										Dog barking									Others³
	Complaints received	59		(44%)					104			(26%)					16					(25%)						1157		(23%)						136				(48%)
	Surveys undertaken	2		(50%)					11			(27%)					3					(0%)						346		(38%)						1				(0%)
						Complaints						Complaints from				Complaints from									Notices							Vehicles								Premises
						received						public				Police									served							entered								entered
	Noise and Statutory Nuisance
	Act 1993					53	(62%)					0						0						19				(95%)					9	(100%)					0
	Loudspeakers in the street					114	(13%)					422		(58%)				5			(40%)			19				(68%)					0						8		(63%)
																						Source: Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
¹ From the REHIS Annual Report 1996-97.
² Totals for the four city councils (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow), are shown as the % figure in brackets along side each total.
³ Complaints in this category included fishing vessels.