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Public Conveniences
Seventeen public conveniences are available in the Borough,
situated as follows:
Broomfield Park (2).
Arnos Park.
Bramley Sports Ground.
Oakwood Park.
Grovelands Park.
Tottenhall Sports Ground.
North Circular Road, Palmers Green.
Triangle, Palmers Green.
Fords Grove, Winchmore Hill.
Southgate Tube Station, N.14.
"Cherry Tree" Hotel.
"Crown," Chase Side, N. 14.
"White Hart," Chase Road, N.14.
"King's Head," Wades Hill, N.21.
"Orange Tree," Highfield Road, N.21.
"Fox " Hotel, Green Lanes. N.13.
Conveniences provided by the London Passenger Transport
Board at Southgate and Oakwood Underground Stations are also
available to the public.
All public conveniences in the district are inspected by
members of the Public Health Department staff. This inspection
includes conveniences provided for the use of the public in public
houses and hotels. Defects are brought to the notice of the Borough
Surveyor's Department, or are notified to the proprietors of the
premises in which the public conveniences are situated.
The Public Health Committee has again considered the
advisability of providing at least one additional convenience within
the Borough. Nothing has yet been definitely settled, so that this
is not a matter which need be discussed at length in this particular
Report. There is, however, one other matter which calls for
comment.
In July, 1951, the Borough Council decided to offer free
washing facilities, including soap, hot water and paper towels, at
those public conveniences within the Borough which were manned
by a full-time attendant. It is extremely difficult to determine the
actual benefit of this service, but I am fully convinced that it was
a public health measure in the truest sense of the term. It has
always seemed ridiculous to find notices in a public convenience
advising visitors to wash their hands, and then to charge them a
few coppers for what should be considered a routine duty. The
provision of free washing facilities has removed this anachronism,
and has ensured that the Borough Council does make it as easy as
possible for individuals visiting their conveniences to take such
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