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Swimming Baths and Pools.
There is only one swimming bath in the district to which the
public are admitted, and this is situated at Darrick Wood, Lovibonds
Avenue, Orpington.
It is owned by the Kent Education Committee, but is operated
by Orpington Urban District Council in conjunction with the Committee
under a financial arrangement during the summer months,
whereby, although it is normally reserved for the use of school
children, the general public are admitted at certain times. The
charge for admittance is 1/- for adults and 6d. for children.
It is an indoor swimming bath covered with white glazed tiles.
A new gas chlorination plant was installed during the year to replace
the old type and this has proved to be far more effective. The
water, supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board, is heated,
chlorinated and then filtered continuously, this cycle taking eight
hours.
Four visits of inspection were made during the year by the
District Public Health Inspector and three samples of the water
taken for analysis proved to be satisfactory.
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness.
No cases of unclean premises were found during the year, but
20 verminous premises were dealt with by the Department's
Disinfector.
Water Supply.
During the year, three premises were connected to the main
water supply, having previously been dependent upon stored rainwater.
Of approximately 24,000 dwellings, only 33 are not provided
with a main piped water supply. Of these, 21 are situated where a
water main is not available in the roads fronting their premises.
These are in isolated parts of the district and generally dependent
upon rain-water collected from roofs and stored in underground
tanks, but three premises obtain their source of supply from a private
well.
The remaining 12 premises are not connected to a main
water supply although it is available in the roads on to which they
front. Some of these are a considerable distance from the road, but
seven premises are within 80 feet of the Metropolitan Water Board
main.
Fourteen week-end bungalows are not connected to a main
water supply.
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