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63
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Swimming baths
The Corporation has three public baths which have indoor
swimming pools, at Putney, Balham and Battersea, and two openair
pools, at King George's Park and Tooting Bec.
The open-air pool at Tooting Bec, previously owned by the
Greater London Council, was transferred to the Corporation during
the year.
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, 94 samples were submitted for examination and found
to be 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 92 reports
were received from the Scientific Branch of the Greater London
Council in respect of 13 of these baths. Satisfactory results were
obtained in 88 instances; in the remaining samples there were
slight deviations from normal but further tests proved satisfactory
in all cases.
Examination of water from artesian wells and taps
Sixty-five samples were submitted for examination at the Public
Health Laboratory and found to be satisfactory.