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Home Office: Accidents in the Home (publicity campaign on
guarding fires); Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
General Register Office: Infectious and other Notifiable
Diseases (weekly and quarterly returns); Transfers of Births, Deaths
and Still-births; Vital Statistics - Annual Reports of Medical Officers
of Health.
STAFF CHANGES.
The following staff changes took place during the year:-
Ceased Duty:
Ashman, C.
Firsht, S.
Greenhan, J.T.
Horswell, Mrs.M.
Logan, Mrs.A.
McMullon, J.
General Clerk.
Public Health Inspector.
General Clerk.
Manageress, Holiday Centre.
Manageress, Holiday Centre.
Rodent Records Clerk.
9th November,
6th June.
7th November.
13th December.
26th July.
5th September.
Commenced Duty:
Ashman, C.
Greenhan, J.T.
Horswell, Mrs.M.
Jacques, A.
Logan, Mrs.A.
Philp, D.H.
General Clerk.
General Clerk.
Manageress, Holiday Centre.
General Clerk.
Manageress, Holiday Centre.
Public Health Inspector (Temporary).
25th August.
13th January.
27th July.
31st October.
10th March.
20th October.
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 192,563, comprising
53,495 adults and 3.39,068 children.
The water is subjected to continuous chlorination and filtration,
and 8 samples were taken during the year for bacteriological and
chemical analysis. Three samples were found to be unsatisfactory,
two by reason of insufficient available free chlorine, the other
revealing an unsatisfactory quantity of coliform bacilli.
The number of slipper baths taken during the year at the four
Council establishments was 259,446, which included 6,447 by old age
pensioners and 89 by unemployed persons, who were admitted free of
charge.
The total, number of persons admitted to all sections of the Baths
and Washhouses Department, including the Laundry, was 494,058.
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