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D (5)g Swimming Baths and Pools
(1) The Council's open air bath is situated in Stonewood
Road and comprises one pool of some 55,000 gallons capacity
which is now exclusively used by the Kent Education Committee
during normal school hours, and local youth club
during the evenings and on Saturday mornings. Water in the
pool is heated to a temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit be
low pressure steam heating and is sterilised by the chlorine
process. There is a slipper establishment with accommodation
for 16 males and 4 females. Adjacent to the public ball
is a mechanical laundry which launders on behalf of tit
various undertakings in the locality and which include the
Corporation's Catering dept., Works dept., the County Health
and Education depts., and the Hainhault Maternity Home
During the year 73,775 articles were dealt with.
Attendances at Public Bath for 1954
Swimming pool Slipper Baths
Schools: During term 12,138
Schools: During holidays 1,292
Youth clubs 4,907
Total 18,337 Total 16,430
1953 15,395 1953 13,737
(2) A children's paddling pool of some 60,000 gallons
capacity is situated within the Belvedere recreation ground at
Woolwich Road. This pool is regularly emptied and cleansed,
and during the summer months, is methodically dosed with
chloros. Successful miniature boating regattas are held at
this site.
D (5)h Offensive Trades
Fish frying was declared to be an offensive trade in this
area on 17th March, 1939, and bye-laws were made accordingly
Other than this class of trade, no statutory offensive trades
which are enumerated in Section 107 Public Health Act, l936.
exist.