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Both establishments have been in full operation since the war and
are well used. The water in the pools is satisfactorily chlorinated
and bacteriological examinations of the water have been made regularly
and no evidence of contamination has ever been discovered.
At the Ironmonger Row Baths there is also a small Children's Pool
with an area of about 1,000 square feet and an even depth of 3½ feet.
For a time it was not in frequent use but in the last few years has
been used fortnightly by a club for the physically handicapped including
many spastics. The temperature of the water is raised to 25°C
for the use of the club (as when strenuous exercise is not possible
greater warmth is needed), under water exercises are taught and much
help has in this way been given in the rehabilitation of weakened
limbs to the 30-40 persons now mainly children who make use of the
arrangements.
There is also an indoor Swimming Pool maintained by the Northampton
Polytechnic open at times to the public but only used in the
summer months. The water is chlorinated and regular chemical and
bacteriological examinations have been made.
Sanitary Conditions
Investigations into the environmental hygenic conditions obtaining
in the Borough continue to form a major part of the work of the
Sanitary Inspectors. Every complaint received by the Department was
investigated and appropriate action taken where necessary under the
nuisance sections of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936. The
following table gives details of repairs and drainage work carried out
during the year and certain other information not itemised under
separate headings.
As in the past, the percentage of nuisances abated following service
of informal intimation notices was very high-in the region of
90 per cent.-as a result of long standing co-operation between
owners and the officers of the Department. In the remaining 10 per
cent., owing to unwarranted delays, the nuisances were abated only
after statutory nuisance notices had been served. Summonses were
issued and Abatement Orders obtained in respect of 2 premises.
During the 10 years following the 1939-1945 war a vast amount of
repair work has been carried out to houses and flats in the Borough
Quite a lot of this has been done as a result of formal or informal
action by the Sanitary Inspectors. It would also be true to say,
however, that most of the dwellings in Finsbury have been subject to
war damage repairs and redecoration at some time or other since 1945