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Board, and one factory building, have for many years been highly elevated above Southall's
sky line so there seems no aesthetic argument against upward development to help with the
housing problem.
Factories in the district are mainly concerned with light engineering, but there are
some large food factories, there are also chemical works, paint, dye and wood works, manufacturing
chemists, laundries, etc. There are no trades carried on which are at present
scheduled as offensive trades.
Swimming Bath
The Southall Borough Council maintains an outdoor swimming pool in the Recreation
Ground, which is one of the public parks, and this pool is used very fully during the summer
months. The surface area of the bath is 3,600 square feet (120 feet by 30 feet), cubic capacity
16,500 cubic feet (110,000 gallons). The water is treated by break point chlorination and the
normal chlorine content of 10 parts per million at the shallow end and 0.7 at the deep end
is maintained. During peak periods this is increased to 4.0 parts per million at the shallow
end in order to obtain 2.0parts per million at the deep end. A minimum of three samples
of the water are taken daily by the staff of the Baths Superintendent for chlorine and other
chemical testing, and from time to time bacteriological testing is carried out by officers
from the Public Health Department. At no time during 1959 was the water found to be
unsatisfactory for use by swimmers. As this bath is closed during the winter months it
can be fully emptied and repaired, if necessary, and cleansed each year before the spring
opening. During 1959 the total number of persons using the bath was 61,277 (28,967 in
1958). The average number of persons attending per day was 401. The maximum number
at any one session was 450. The attendance during 1959 was very high indeed as was to be
expected in a year when the daily average of sunshine right through the summer months
was the highest in this country for very many years.
Paddling Pool
A paddling pool for young children is available in Cranleigh Gardens Play Park. The
capacity of the pool is approximately 15,500 gallons with depth from 1½ inches to 9 inches.
The water of the pool is free running and is treated by continuous chlorination for hygiene
purposes. Like the swimming bath, this pool was in constant and very full use during the
summer of 1959.
In order to ensure a more thorough distribution of disinfectant throughout the water
of the Pool, new polythene piping was introduced and the supply points for the ingoing
water stationed in such a way that no corners of the Pool could remain stagnant. Before
introduction of these new pipes, careful tracing of the water currents was made by means
of coloured dyes and the subsequent results of bacteriological tests of the water have proved
satisfactory.
School Playing Fields
For the physical training, school games and recreation of school children the total
acreage of school playing fields in Southall is approximately 22. At present considerable
use is also made of the play parks within the Council's public parks and negotiations are
proceeding for the acquisition of three further areas of land suitable for playing fields.
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