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All the Schools were inspected during the year and were found to be in
a satisfactory sanitary condition and to have a satisfactory water supply.
When infectious disease is reported from a school, the school is visited
by the Health Visitor and if necessary the children are inspected and other
measures, such as swabbing, exclusion from school, are taken for preventing
the spread of the infection.
The total number of children examined in the schools was 3380.
Canal Boats.
During the year 14 visits were paid to the canal and 19 boats were
inspected. The general condition of the boats and their occupants was
satisfactory. No infringement of the regulations was found. There were no
complaint notes issued by other authorities and no cases of infectious disease
were notified upon any of the boats. It has therefore not been necessary to
detain any vessel for the purpose of cleansing and disinfection.
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The swimming bath is normally open between the 30th April and the
30th September. The water is kept clean by a system of continuous filtration,
sedimentation and chlorination and subsequent aeration. The amount of
chlorine added varies with the number of persons using the bath, and an
attempt is made to keep the water with a content a little over 0.2 part per
million of free chlorine near the outflow. At the inflow, of course, the free
chlorine content has to be a little higher. During the season five samples of
the water were taken with the results shown in the table. In addition a sample
was taken from the canal where during the warmer weather many children
bathed, and the results are shown against No. 6 in the table.
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