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Samples of water are collected at least five times a week from all stages of
purification and of the water passing into supply. These waters are not plumbo
solvent.
There are no new sources of supply instituted by the Board or any extensions
of important trunk mains in your area during 1965. A new service reservoir at
Sewardstone Green was, however, brought into use in June of that year, and the
length of new service mains laid during 1965 amounted to 2,522 yards. All new
and repaired mains are disinfected with chlorine before being restored to supply
and the water in them is tested to ensure that it is up to the quality normally
supplied. The quality control from these Laboratories is carried out on the water
from source to consumer through the treatment works and the distribution system,
and any sign of contamination or any other abnormality is immediately investigated."
(Statistical Tables 31, 32, 33, 34—see pages 126, 127, 128).
BATHS, WASHHOUSES, BATHING PLACES, ETC.
Provisions exist under Part VIII of the Public Health Act, 1936, for the
provision and control of baths, washhouses and bathing places by local authorities.
The Council provides three open air and two covered swimming pools, a
swimming pool for the exclusive use of schools and four swimming pools situated
within school premises. At three of the public swimming pools a total of 79 slipper
baths is provided.
A number of children's paddling pools are sited in Council parks.
All bathing water is subjected to regular chlorination. Automatic filtration
and chlorination plants are installed at the public baths. Water supply is from
the public water mains, except for a school swimming pool supply supplied by a well.
Bathing water samples are regularly tested daily for free chlorine, the presence
of which is indicative of the effectiveness of the dosage. Samples are also regularly
submitted for bacteriological examination and chemical analysis. The results of
these tests were satisfactory in all cases throughout the year.
The total attendance at the public swimming pools during the year was 481,054.
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