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SWIMMING AND SLIPPER BATHS.
The three Swimming Baths in the Borough are provided by the Council.
During the year the number of swims amounted to 186,230, comprising
51,036 adults and 135,194 children.
The water is subjected to continuous chlorination end filtration,
and 36 samples were taken during the year for bacteriological analysis,
five of which were found to be unsatisfactory.
The number of Slipper Baths taken during the year at the four Council
establishments was 274,801, which included 6,920 attendances of old age
pensioners and 70 unemployed persons, who were admitted free of charge.
The total number of persons admitted to all sections of the Baths
Department, including the Laundry, was 506,728.
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