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62
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Swimming baths
The Corporation has three public baths which have indoor
swimming pools at Putney, Balham and Battersea, and one openair
pool at King George's Park. There is also an open-air pool at
Tooting Bec owned by the Greater London Council.
With the exception of the Battersea bath, the water for which
is obtained from deeps wells, all Corporation baths are supplied
from the mains of the Metropolitan Water Board. The water is
chlorinated and circulates continuously through a filtration plant.
Samples of water are taken at regular intervals and are submitted
to the Public Health Laboratory at County Hall for bacteriological
examination. During the year 83 samples were submitted for
examination and satisfactory results obtained in 81 instances. In
the remaining samples there were slight deviations from normal but
subsequent tests proved satisfactory.
There are open-air swimming pools at two of the Corporation's
Children's Homes, one of which is situated at Banstead in Surrey.
Satisfactory samples were taken by Banstead Urban District Council
in respect of the Home in their area.
Several Inner London Education Authority's schools in the
Borough have swimming baths and during the year 80 reports were
received from the Scientific Branch of the Greater London Council
in respect of 13 of these baths. Four reports were unsatisfactory,
but further tests proved satisfactory.
Six reports were also received from the Greater London Council
of samples taken from the open-air pool at Tooting Bee, all of
which were satisfactory.
Examination of water from artesian wells and taps
Sixteen samples were submitted for examination at the Public
Health Laboratory, and all proved satisfactory.
Examination of samples of water from an Institution
One chemical and one bacteriological sample were submitted to
the Public Analyst, both of which proved unsatisfactory. A further
24 samples were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory for
bacteriological examination of which 13 proved unsatisfactory, but
after investigation and suggestions for improvement had been put
into effect, further tests proved satisfactory.