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There is a slipper establishment with accommodation for 16
males and 4 females. Adjacent to the public bath is a mechanical
laundry which launders on behalf of various undertakings
which include the Corporation's catering department, works
department, and County health and education departments.
During the year 138,443 articles were dealt with.
Attendances at Public Baths for 1950.
Swimming pool. Slipper Baths
Schools: During term 11,319 16,208 bathers
Schools : During holidays 3,652
Youth Clubs 8,164
23,135
(2) A children's paddling pool of some 60,000 gallons
capacity is situated within the Belvedere recreation ground.
This pool is regularly emptied and cleansed, and during the
summer months is methodically dosed with chloros.
D(5)g Camping Sites
There are no summer camping sites within the Borough.
There are however, 4 sites which have been occupied by vans
for a number of years.
One licence under Section 269 Public Health Act 1936 was
granted.
D(5)h Hop pickers
There are no hop fields within the district.
D(5)i Rag Flock Act
No premises exist in the Borough in which rag flock is
manufactured or sold.
D(5)j Eradication of Bed Bugs
During the year dwelling houses found to be infested with
vermin and subsequently disinfested were as follows:—
Privately owned houses 25
Corporation houses 9
Disinfestation of both privately owned and Corporation
houses is carried out by an operative under the supervision of
Sanitary Inspectors, presence of the vermin being revealed
either on complaint, or when inspections are being carried out.
With a view to keeping good control, occupiers are encouraged