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Education Committee during normal school hours, and local
youth clubs during the evenings and on Saturdays. Water in
the pool is heated to a temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit
by low pressure steam heating and is sterilised by the
chlorine process. There is a slipper bath establishment with
accommodation for 16 males, and 4 females. Adjacent to
the bath, is a mechanical laundry which launders on behalf
of the various undertakings in the locality and which include
the Corporation's Catering Dept., Works Dept., the
County Health and Education Depts., and the Royal
Alfred Seaman's Home.
During the year, 80,172 articles were laundered.
Attendances at the Swimming Baths for 1959:
Swimming pool Slipper baths
Schools: During term 13,245
Schools: During holidays 2,860
Youth Clubs 10,732
Total Total
for 1959 26,837 for 1959 15,812
Total Total
for 1958 20,501 for 1958 16,143
(2) A childrens' paddling pool of 60,000 gallons capacity
is situated within the Belvedere recreation ground at Woolwich
Road, and this is a popular rendezvous during the summer
months.
The pool is regularly emptied and cleansed during the
period it is in use, and methodically dosed with chloros.
D (5)h Offensive Trades
Other than 10 fish frying establishments, there are no
other scheduled offensive trades under Section 107 of the
Public Health Act 1936 in the Borough. Fish frying was
declared to be an offensive trade on 17th March 1939, and
bye-laws were made accordingly.
All the fish frying businesses are well conducted and the
frying apparatus at each is of modern and approved pattern.