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PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
Number of inspections 39
OFFENSIVE TRADES
There is only one offensive trade business established in the
district, and during the year no complaints were received in connection
therewith.
SMOKE ABATEMENT
During the course of the year observations have been kept
on the factory chimneys of the district for nuisances due to the
issue of an excessive amount of smoke.
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOL
Enfield has two public swimming pools, a relatively modern
open air pool, built in 1932, situated next to the Sports Stadium,
and indoor baths at Enfield Lock, built in 1895.
Within the limits of their construction, both baths are maintained
at a high level of efficiency and cleanliness.
Reports on the twice-daily examinations for chlorine content
and alkalinity of the water are sent to the Medical Officer of Health,
and Sanitary Inspectors take samples regularly for bacteriological
tests.
As regards the purification of the water, at the beginning of
the season, the most up-to-date method of break-point chlorination
with continuous filtration and aeration was installed at the open
air pool and this is now working satisfactorily and undoubtedly
gives a safer and more pleasant water than was formally possible.
The old indoor swimming bath of Enfield Lock still uses the
"Fill-and-empty" system, changing the water twice a week and
chlorinating with a proprietory solution twice a day. This method
is of course, not nowadays installed because it cannot achieve the
same clarity and purity of water which more modern methods of
continuous filtration and chlorination provide. It must be stressed,
however, that the baths are very efficiently maintained and, despite
their limitations, they have proved themselves to be not only
popular but safe as regards the state of the water.