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RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
The Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951 and Regulations prescribe
standards of cleanliness of filling materials used in the manufacture of bedding, toys,
baby carriages and other articles of upholstery and the registration of premises
where the work is carried out. The regulations also prescribe the form of records to be
kept showing the amounts etc. of filling materials used.
Five premises registered under the Act were inspected and found to be satisfactory.
SWIMMING POOLS AND BATHS
Whilst the indoor swimming pool at Finchley is generally available throughout the
whole of the year, the season for the three open air pools at Finchley, Hendon and
Mill Hill is from the end of April to the middle of September. All pools are equipped
with modern filtration and chlorination plants.
During 1968 there were 355,850 visitors to the pools including 77,624 school
children.
Nine schools have teaching pools provided either by the Education Authority or
by Parent Teacher Associations. There is also one privately owned pool which is
open to the public.
Samples taken by the Public Health Inspectors from the pools, additional to the
daily checks made by the operating staffs, show that a generally high standard of
bacteriological purity was maintained.
There are also three public slipper baths in the Borough, and during the year
22,465 persons attended the baths.
At prescribed times, old age pensioners may have the free use of washing
facilities at certain establishments.
SANITARY CONVENIENCES
There are 29 male and 27 female public conveniences adjoining the highways and
37 male and 37 female conveniences within the curtilage of the Council's parks and
open spaces. Seventy-eight of these conveniences have free hand washing facilities
including eight installations of an improved type of hand washing and drying machine.
A specialist firm was employed during the year to carry out a thorough cleansing
of the public conveniences adjoining the highways. It is intended that such a
cleansing should occur each year and that the service should be extended to-cover
conveniences in the Council's parks and open spaces.
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