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PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.
There are at the public baths a men's first class swimming bath with a capacity of 120,000
gallons, a women's first class swimming bath with a capacity of 45,000 gallons, and a second
class men's bath and second class women's bath each of which holds 45,000 gallons.
There are 13 men's and 7 women's first class slipper baths and 34 men's and 20 woman's
second class slipper baths, and 6 special warm baths.

RAG FLOCK ACTS, 1911.1928.
These Acts prohibit the sale or use, for the purpose of making any article of upholstery, cushions
or bedding, of unclean flock manufactured from rags.
Four samples of rag flock were analysed and reported upon during the year. They contained
7, 10, 13 and 17 parts of chlorine per 100,000, the limit set by the above acts being 30 parts per
100,000.
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST (RESTRICTIONS)
ACTS, 1920.23.
Applications made to the council in 1932 for certificates under the Acts totalled seven, and
two certificates were granted.
CANAL BOATS ACTS, 1877 AND 1884.
The Kensington borough council are vested with authority to enforce the Canal Boats
Acts and Regulations on all boats entering that portion of the Grand Junction Canal which
is within the boundaries of the borough.
During the year 1932, the canal boat inspector made 39 inspections, all of which were
re.inspections.
No notices were served upon the owners or occupiers for contraventions.
No births or deaths occurred on boats whilst lying at the wharves in Kensington, and no
cases of infectious disease were reported.