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Public Swimming Baths.
The Council maintain four public swimming pools—three at
Latchmere Baths and one at Nine Elms Baths.
Samples of the water from these pools are taken fortnightly for
bacteriological examination. The results show that the water has
consistently maintained a high degree of purity.
Public Lavatory Accommodation.
Five public conveniences for both sexes and one for females only
are Provided by the Council in various parts of the Borough, two
being underground. All the lavatory accommodation at each of the
conveniences is provided free, and, in the interests of public health, free
washing facilities are also available.
Three public urinals are maintained, and in addition the urinals
attached to ten licensed premises are, by arrangement with the owners,
available to the general public.
Accidents in the Home.
The Committee charged with matters relating to home accidents in
Battersea is the Health Committee. As with all public health matters,
information as to what is happening is essential to preventive action,
and I, therefore, have gone to some pains to obtain data about home
accidents in Battersea. Unfortunately, there is no very definite information
to hand relating to home accidents. There are certain national
figures but not many relating to individual areas or boroughs. Recently,
however, the County Medical Officer of Health for London informed
me that he was taking steps to obtain from hospitals certain data
relating to admission to hospitals of home accident cases, both in-patients
and out-patients. These would be obtained for a period of six months
and will, it is hoped, be a representative cross-section of the types of