View report page

35
Works Department, the County health and Education Departments
and the Hainault Maternity Home.
During the year, 126,510 articles were dealt with.
Attendances at Public Bath for 1952
Swimming pool. Slipper Baths
Schools: During term 11,235 16,081 bathers
Schools: During holidays 1,899
Youth Clubs 7,642
Total 20,776
(2) A children's paddling pool of some 60,000 gallons
capacity is situated within the Belvedere recreation ground at
Woolwich Road.
The pool is regularly emptied and cleansed, and during the
summer months, is regularly and methodically dosed with
chloros.
D(5)g Camping Sites
There are no summer camping sites within the Borough.
There are however, 2 sites which are subject to licensing by
the Local Authority under Section 269, Public Health Act,
1936.
D(5)h Hop pickers
There are no hop fields within the district.
D(5)i Eradication of Bed Bugs
During the year dwelling houses found to be infested
with vermin and subsequently disinfested were as follows:—
Privately owned houses 14
Corporation houses 2
Disinfestation of both privately owned and Corporation
houses is carried out by an operative under the supervision of
Sanitary Inspectors, presence of vermin being revealed either
on complaint or when inspections are being carried out. With
a view to good control, occupiers are encouraged to report
infestations, when every assistance is given to cope with the
menace. Close co-operation exists between the Housing
Department and the Sanitary Inspectors, as a result of which
successful disinfestation is promptly carried out, and in the
case of transfers, it is sometimes necessary for the tenant to
surrender certain household effects for destruction.