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RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTIONS
ACTS, 1920-1933.
No certificates under the above Acts were applied for or issued
during the year.
SHOPS ACT, 1934.
218 inspections were made under Section 10 of the above Act ,
relating- to sanitary and other arrangements in shops.
67 notices were served in respect of contraventions found !o
exist : 27 notices have been complied with and 29 certificates of
exemption were granted in cases where restricted accommodation
or special circumstances justified their issue.
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS.
The Council provided a Swimming Pool at Mill Hill which
was opened in the Spring of 1935, and was largely used during
the hot summer of that year.
The dimensions of the pool are as follows:—Length 165 feet,
breadth 75 feet. The maximum depth of the water, which is 8 feet
6 inches, is in the central section of the pool. The minimum
depth is at each end of the pool where the water is 2 feet 6 inches
deep.
Provision is made for sun bathing on three shingle beaches
and the spaces between and adjacent to the beaches are laid out
as flower gardens. In addition, there is a large refreshment
pavilion opening out on to a sun terrace.
The method adopted for the treatment of the water in the
pool is known as purification by continuous pressure filtration.
The pool has a capacity of 365,000 gallons and the mechanical
plant has been so designed that during normal bathing periods
the whole of the water is circulated through the various processes
and returned to the pool within a period of six hours which can