Humorous report dedicated to the recommendations of the Paris City Council to reduce noise in the city, including the ban of alarms and the handling of garbage cans and milk cans in the greatest silence...
A medical officer in the Air Health Unit describes the various adverse effects of noise on the human body, such as fatigue, attention disorders and irritability. He added that it was difficult to measure these effects scientifically in 1959.
Micro-sidewalk of local residents exasperated by the noise caused by the airport of Orly nearby: "we don’t hear each other talking", "it is impossible for me to sleep", "we have the impression that we have an engine in the body", "instinctively we close our ears"...
Researcher Claude LAMURE shows a certain pessimism about the noise nuisances in the future. He thinks that the "world will be more and more noisy [...] as long as we have oil". Even if some vehicles are more and more silent, it points to the fact that a fleet always takes a lot of time to renew itself "it is to be hoped that in 15 years, we have a 5 decibels drop in ambient noise levels".
Noise, if it can be a factor of joy, can also be a real scourge in modern cities and even in the countryside. This report reports on the various sources of everyday noise, which, in the long run, can alter our organism.
Presentation of some measures and solutions available to fight against noise nuisances in the city in 1962 such as the ban of horns, noise ceilings in factories, insulation in new buildings and the know-how of everyone.