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PUBLIC SWIMMING BATHS
There are three swimming baths in the Borough open for public use, two indoor pools controlled by the Borough
Council and one outdoor pool controlled by the London County Council. The water in each is examined for
chemical and bacteriological condition during periods of peak use.
Bath
Controlled by
Source of
water and
capacity of
Bath
Method of
treatment
Filtration
area
available
Bacteriological Condition of Water
Frequency
of change
of water
i.e. turnover
period
No. of micro
organisms
living and
capable of
developing
upon agar
at 37° C.
No. of micro
organisms
living and
capable of
developing
upon agar
at 22° C.
Coliform
group, Cl.
welchii
Streptococci.
Bermondsey
Borough
Council
Metropolitan
Water Board
120,000 gals.
Continuous
rapid filtration
Breakpoint
chlorination
250 sq. ft.
Sample 1
18 per c.c.
Sample 1
2 per c.c.
Central Baths
1st Class
4 hrs.
Both samples:
Absent from
100 c.c.
Sample 2
Nil
Sample 2
Nil
Sample 1
102 per c.c.
Sample 1—Cl.
welchii present
in 100 c.c. Absent
from 10
c.c.
Sample 1
49 per c.c.
Bermondsey
Borough
Council
Metropolitan
Water Board
80,000 gals.
Continuous
rapid filtration
Breakpoint
chlorination.
Central Baths
2nd Class
Sample 2 —
Absent from
100 c.c.
Sample 2
Nil
Sample 2
11 per c.c.
Metropolitan
Water Board
365,000 gals.
Filtration,
chlorination
and aeration.
Wallace &
Turner plant
BD/PIM
(chlorine
injection 8 lbs.
per hour)
96 sq. ft.
2 per c.c.
London
County
Council
8 hrs.
Nil
Southwark
Park
Open-air Pool
Absent from
100 c.c.