View report page

During 1965, 1,546 complaints of rat or mice infestation were received and investigated.
The staff employed in this work consists of a rodent officer and eight rodent operatives.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
This Act requires -
(a) the registration of premises where specified filling materials are used; and
(b) the annual licensing of premises where rag flock is manufactured or stored
Eighteen premises were on the Council's register at the end of the year.
During 1965 the Council's public health inspectors took 7 samples, all of which were
subjected to tests prescribed by the regulations of 1961 and found to be satisfactory.
SEWERAGE
Arrangements in Camden for sewerage and sewage disposal are generally adequate, although
on 20 July 1965 a violent thunderstorm caused flooding in semi-basement houses in Mansfield Road
and Gordon House Road, N.W.5.
The Borough Council's sewers discharge into those of the Greater London Council, and
the latter authority is responsible for sewage disposal.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES
There are no slaughterhouses in the Borough.
SWIMMING BATHS AND PONDS
There are thirteen swimming baths in the Borough. The Council owns two in High Holborn,
two at Kentish Town and three at Swiss Cottage. One (lido) at Parliament Hill is owned by the
Greater London Council, and five are privately owned.
Fifty samples of water were taken during the year, 10 of which were submitted for chemical
and forty for bacteriological examination. Two bacteriological samples, both from a private bath on
the same occasion, were unsatisfactory. These were taken after the bath had been closed for several
days, and further samples were satisfactory.
There are also three swimming ponds, one women's and one men's at Parliament Hill, and
one used for mixed bathing at Hampstead Heath. These ponds rely on natural purification, which is
satisfactory when a pool is large and receives spring water to compensate for evaporation and to
allow full development of natural pond vegetation. In addition, the ponds receive water from other
ponds containing more vegetation and there is a degree of water changing by flow between these
ponds and by flushing and drainage after rain.
Regular sampling at the ponds is carried out by the Greater London Council, under whose
control they are.
34