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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Nature of defects remedied at Factories:—
insufficient —
Sanitary accommodation unsuitable or defective 6
not separate for sexes 1
Want of cleanliness 74
Overcrowding —
Unreasonable temperature —
Inadequate ventilation -
Ineffective drainage of floors —
Other offences 6
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS.
There are two public swimming pools owned by the local
authority and one privately owned. These were described
in my annual reports for 1936 and 1937.
At the Council's swimming pools the water is treated by
modern purification and filtration plant, and tests for chlorine
content are made four times daily. Samples of water taken
for bacteriological examination were satisfactory.
The privately owned swimming pool is fitted with filtration
and purification plant, and tests for chlorine content are
made three times daily; in addition, samples taken periodically
for bacteriological examination yielded satisfactory results.