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Wealdstone bath, constructed in time for the 1934 season, measures
165 feet by 75 feet, with a depth of 8 feet 6 inches to 2 feet 6 inches; in
addition, there is a shallow semi-circular beginners' pool. Suitable
dressing accommodation, with shower and foot baths, and sanitary
conveniences are provided. The water is treated by passing through
filters and is then chlorinated.
The duration of the turn-over period varies according to the amount
the baths are used, but it is at least once a day, and at busy times is
every eight hours.
Daily tests are carried out for the presence of free chlorine and to
determine the pH value.
DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.
Burial Grounds.
The Council, under the provisions of Section 46 of the Middlesex
Review Order, 1934, became the burial authority for the district and has
control of the following burial grounds or cemeteries: Paines Lane and
Roxeth Hill (both full except for re-openings), Pinner Road, Byron Road,
Eastcote Lane, Pinner Cemetery, and Harrow Weald. The acreage
unused is about 24, sufficient to last at the present rate for about forty
years. There is, apart from re-openings, little available at the grounds
under the control of the Church authorities, namely Harrow, Roxeth,
Pinner, Harrow Weald, Great Stanmore and Whitchurch.
Cremation.
At their meeting on the 4th November, 1944, the Council agreed in
principle to the provision and erection at the appropriate time of a
crematorium on land forming part of the Harrow Weald cemetery reservation.
A meeting of representatives of a number of the West Middlesex
Authorities discussed the possibility of the joint use by such Authorities
of the crematorium to be provided by the Council. The outcome was
that the Council agreed in principle that the early provision of a crematorium
to serve Harrow and Wembley was desirable. It was later suggested
the joint crematorium should be built in Wembley on the Northwick
Golf Course site. This proposal had later to be abandoned. The present
position is that discussions are now taking place about the erection of
the crematorium at the Harrow Weald site.
Burial.
Under S. 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, the powers which the
County Council had under the Poor Law Act are replaced by a duty
placed on the District Council to arrange for the burial or cremation of
any person who has died or been found dead in their area, this duty being
exercisable only where it appears to the Council that no other suitable
arrangements have been or are being made.
The Council decided at their meeting in October that in such circumstances
the body should be transferred to the mortuary, that enquiries
be made as to the person or persons legally responsible for the
burial of the body, and where such cannot be found, arrangements should
be made for the burial. For this purpose arrangements were made with
a number of undertakers in the district.
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