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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Baths, Washhouses, Bathing Places, etc.
Part VIII, Public Health Act 1936
Local authorities may provide and control baths, washhouses and bathing
places.
A new covered pool, together with slipper and Sauna baths, was opened
early in the year at Knights Lane, Edmonton, replacing facilities formerly
available on a nearby site.
Within the borough three open-air and four covered swimming pools are
provided for the general public and include a total of twenty slipper baths.
There are children's paddling pools at two of the swimming pools and in
some parks.
In addition to these facilities, five swimming pools are available for the
exclusive use of school children.
All bathing water is subject to regular chlorination. Automatic filtration and
chlorination plants are installed at the public baths, at the swimming pool
used exclusively by school children and at the school pools. Water supply
is from the public water mains except for a school swimming pool supplied
by a deep well.
Bathing water samples are tested at the baths at regular intervals during
the day for the presence of free chlorine which is indicative of the effectiveness
of the treatment. Samples are also regularly submitted to the laboratory
for bacteriological examination and chemical analysis.
During the year all 48 samples submitted for bacteriological examination
were satisfactory.
The total attendances at the public swimming pools and the slipper baths
were respectively, 658,508 and 55,765.
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal
Public Health Act 1936
Public Health Act 1961
Rivers (Prevenintion of Pollution) Act 1961
Middlesex County
Council Acts 1956
arid 1961
Under the Public Health Acts of 1936 and 1961, it is the duty of the local
authority to provide for the sewerage of their district, while the Rivers
(Prevention of Pollution) Act 1961 makes further provisions for maintaining
or restoring wholesomeness of rivers in respect of sewerage and sewage
disposal. Other provisions in respect of drains and sewers are made in the
Middlesex County Council Acts 1956 and 1961.
The Borough Engineer and Surveyor is responsible for sewers under the
highways, apart from trunk sewers, which are the responsibility of the
Greater London Council. During the year, further foul and surface water
sewers were reconstructed to cope with the still increasing flows due to the
development of residential and industrial areas.
The houses in some rural parts of the Borough are not sewered but depend
on water carriage systems discharging into cesspools or septic tank disposal
systems. The Council provides a cesspool emptying service for which a
charge is made. However, sewerage schemes are being carried out to
eliminate cesspools wherever practicable. During the year a foul sewer
was completed in Burnt Farm Ride, Cattlegate Road and Theobalds Park
Road and a number of properties connected thereto.
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