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Trade refuse is dealt with mostly at the South Harrow destructor,
the remainder at the Wealdstone plant. Street sweepings,
grass, tree cuttings, etc., are disposed of at the controlled tips.
The average cost of disposal per ton for the last nine months
of the year was 2s. 10d. for tipping as compared with 5s. 5½d. for
incineration.
MORTUARY.
Particulars of the Mortuary are contained in the Annual
Report for 1934.
155 bodies were received during the year; on 106 post-mortem
examinations were carried out and 41 inquests held.
Twenty-one bodies were admitted for storage, and 28 bodies
of persons dying from accident or suicide on whom no post-mortem
examination was carried out in the mortuary.
SWIMMING BATHS.
Particulars of the two swimming baths were given in the
Annual Report for 1934.
Owing to the unfavourable weather last summer less use was
made of the baths than in the previous year.
Daily tests are carried out for the presence of free chlorine
and for the pH value, while, periodically, samples are submitted
for complete chemical and bacteriological analysis. The following
is a typical summary of the result of an analysis of a sample from
the Charles' Crescent Swimming Bath : " This is a bright water
containing a few particles of vegetable and mineral matter in
suspension. It is of normal colour, faint earthy odour, neutral
re-action and moderate hardness. The water is free from metals,
contains 0.25 parts per million of free chlorine and is of satisfactory
organic purity. Bacteriologically it is of a high degree of purity
and is suitable and safe for swimming bath purposes."
The following is a summary of one of the reports on the Christchurch
Avenue Swimming Bath water : "This is a clear and bright
water of normal colour and neutral re-action. It is of moderate
hardness, free from metals and contains 0.1 parts per million of
free chlorine. The water is of good organic quality and of high
degree of bacteriological purity and is suitable and safe for swimming
bath purposes."
SCHOOLS.
For a list of the schools in the district with their accommodation
see page 27 of the Annual Report for 1935.
Practically every department recorded some increase in average
attendance, this being most marked in both departments at Glebe
Avenue and in the Junior Mixed Department at Priestmead. Stag