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(vi) Swimming Baths and Pools.
(a) There are two Public Baths in Ilford, owned by the Council,
one an indoor bath with two swimming pools, vapour baths,
etc.; the other, an open-air swimming pool, is opened for approximately
seven months yearly.
Samples of water for examination are taken from the indoor
and open-air swimming baths monthly during May, June, July,
August and September, and during November, January and
March in respect of the indoor bath.
The samples taken during 1936 were all satisfactory.
In the case of the open-air swimming pool one sample was
found to contain free chlorine slightly in excess of the required
limit, and in another sample the free chlorine content was rather
low.
(b) There are no privately owned swimming baths or pools
in the borough.
(vii) Special Classes of Premises and Occupations subject
to Control by the Local Authority.—(a) Fish-frying licences
(5 of which were transfers) have been granted in respect of 7
premises during 1936.
The Council has decided that all new licences and transfers
shall be granted for a period of one year, and be renewable annually.
3 licences, affecting 3 premises, were renewed during 1936.
(b) Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.—Three licences to act as
slaughtermen were granted during the year.
(c) Byelaws relating to houses, to houses let in lodgings, and
to tents, vans, sheds, etc.—It has not been considered necessary to