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Other subjects dealt with in Circulars issued by Government Departments
included the following:-
Ministry of Health.
Annual Reports of Iv.dical Officers of Health; Prevention of Tuberculosis
(B.C.G. Vaccination and Tuberculosis Registers); Radioactivity;
Food Hygiene Codes of Practice (Transport & Handling of Meat and the
Retail Meat Trade).
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Official certificates under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations
in respect of Poland; Approved Chemical Agents; Prevention of
Damage by Pests Act, 1949 (Cessation of Grant).
Ministry of Housing & Local Government.
The Clean Air Act, 1956; Smoke Control Areas; Slum Clearance; Town
and Country Planning Act; Drought 1959; Consultation with Executive
Councils.
Home Office.
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.
SWIMMING AND SUPPER BATHS.
Three Swimming Baths are provided by the Council in the Borough.
During the year the number of swims amounted to 188,568, comprising
44,671 adults and 143,897 children.
The water is subjected to a continuous chlorination and filtration
process, the water passing through the filters once in every 3½ hours.
Samples were taken during the year for bacteriological and chemical
analysis. Two were found to be unsatisfactory - one by reason of high
bacterial content, the other revealing a high pH value.
The number of Slipper Baths taken during the year at the four
Council establishments was 245,535, which included 6,511 by old age
pensioners and 148 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 465,348.
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