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E(5)d. General Sanitation.
Many requests were received from owners and occupiers
in respect of clearing of drains, destruction of wasps and ants
nests and eradication of vermin, etc. In each case the
necessary service was provided with much beneficial result
to the applicant.
The charges made in connection with the above services
amounted to £23 1s. Od.
E(5)e. Offensive Trades.
In addition to the statutory offensive trades which are
specified in Section 107 Public Health Act 1936, fish frying
was declared to be an offensive trade on 17th March, 1939,
and bye-laws were made accordingly.
Within the Borough, there are no offensive trades other
than fish frying premises, of which there are 14 in operation.
E(5)f. Closet Accommodation and Cesspools.
The whole of the closet accommodation both in the older
parts of the town and the immediately pre-war areas are on
the main drainage system, there being only 27 known premises
which are drained into cesspools. During the year the
Corporation sewer was extended in Ruskin Road, and 9
houses were connected to the main sewerage system.
Cesspools are emptied once a month free of charge by
machines belonging to the Borough Council, and the contents
thereof are discharged into the nearest Council sewer.
The cesspools which require the service are scattered
throughout the district, and, in the majority of cases necessitate
the covering of considerable distances both for pumping
out and conveying to the point of discharge.
During the year 1947, cesspools were emptied on 26
occasions by the Council's plant.
E(5)g. Smoke Abatement.
No smoke nuisances have come to the notice of the
department during the year.
E(5)h. Swimming Baths and Pools.
(1) The Council's open air swimming bath is situated in
Walnut Tree Road and comprises one swimming pool of some
70,000 gallons capacity. There is a slipper establishment with
accommodation for 16 males and 4 females. Water in the
pool is warmed to a temperature of 70 degrees F. by low
pressure steam heating and is sterilised by the Chloramine
process, i.e. addition of ammonia in conjunction with chlorine.