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Engineer and Surveyor, under whose control the baths are operated,
for the following report:—
"Both establishments are equipped with modern filtration and
chlorination plants. The water is drawn from the public water supply
and is continuously filtered on a six-hour cycle, make-up water being
added as necessary to cover losses by evaporation, filter washing
and other causes. The chlorination is controlled in accordance with
the latest practice in this important subject.
"Samples of the water are taken regularly for bacteriological
examination and the results are consistently satisfactory. This reflects
greatly to the credit of the staff directly concerned with the operation
of the purification plants, for the bathing load is frequently heavy.
Indeed, during the year under review, 377,800 bathers visited the
Open-Air Pools during the season, the greatest number ever recorded
being present on the 5th July, 1959, when the attendance was 14,570."
Thirty-six samples of the water were taken by Public Health
Inspectors during the year.
Water Supply
During the year the water supply of the Borough has been
satisfactory in quality and quantity. The bulk of the water is
supplied by the Barnet District Water Company and copics of reports
on 12 samples which were taken by the Company during the year and
submitted for bacteriological examination to the Counties Public
Health Laboratory were forwarded to me. In all cases the results
were satisfactory.
All dwelling houses in the Borough are supplied with water from
public water mains direct to the houses.
Clean Air Act, 1956
The above Act deals with the control of dark smoke, smoke from
furnaces, smoke control areas and special cases of smoke emission,
which include special processes to be dealt with under the Alkali Act,
colliery spoil-banks, railway engines, vessels and Crown premises.
It also makes provision for the establishment of a Clean Air
Council for England and Wales.
Certain sections of the Act came into operation on the 31st
December, 1956, including those relating to the height of chimneys
and to smoke control areas. The remaining provisions came into operation
on the 1st June, 1958, and included those relating to the
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