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Hayes and Harlington 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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Act and 9 visits were made by the Public Health Inspectors to
secure compliance with the conditions of the Licence.
Agriculture (Safety, Health & Welfare Provisions) Act, 1956.
Sections 3(1) and 5 of this Act, relating to the provision
and maintenance of sanitary conveniences for agricultural workers
are enforced by the Public Health Inspectors and in this district,
which is still partly rural, serve a useful purpose.
Public Health Acts Auendaent Act, 1907.
Section 86 of this Act, requiring dealers in marine stores
and scrap metal to be registered with the Local Authority, has
been adopted by the Council. Registered premises of which there
are six, are visited from time to time and the records which
are required to be kept, inspected.
Swimming Pools.
There is no public swimming pool in the district.
A practice pool at a local secondary school is equipped
with automatic dosing equipment and continuous filtration.
There is a swimming pool at one of the new hotels in the
district. Continuous filtration and automatic chlorination is
carried out.
Samples of water from both these pools were taken regularly
and only two samples out of twelve at the school and one out of
sixteen at the hotel were unsatisfactory. These results show
that the arrangements for purification of the water were working
satisfactorily.
Official Searches^
During the year 1,517 applications for information from
persons proposing to acquire premises in the district were dealt
with. Each one required answers to questions about sanitary
notices or orders (outstanding or contemplated), Smoke Control
Orders, Certificates of Disrepair and Slum Clearance.
Licensing Act, 1961.
The above-mentioned legislation amended the conditions
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