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tenance of freedom from infectious disease and from diseases encouraged by faulty hygiene.
Areas of land in two neighbouring Boroughs have been used for Southall Council house
building because of the shortage of land within the Borough and to assist with the housing
needs of the people of Southall, and use is also made of New Town housing. In spite of
the seeming increase in multi-occupation of houses it is significant, that in a Census year,
when the real count of the people has been taken, the figure for the average number of
occupants per house in the Borough has fallen to 3.53. This finding seemed so odd when
pressure seems to increase all the time from people living in misery because of overcrowding
that it seemed worth-while to tabulate the corresponding figures for the last ten years,
and from the table following a steady fall can be seen.
Average number of occupants per inhabited house
Year Persons
1952 3.84
1953 3.78
1954 3.73
1955 3.62
1956 3.57
1957 3.55
1958 3.52
1959 3.54
1960 3.55
196 3.53

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 breakpoint
chlorination and the normal chlorine content of 1.0 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 2.0 parts 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 pH reading, and from time to time bacteriological testing is carried
out by officers from the Public Health Department. At no time during 1961 was the water
found to be unsatisfactory for use by swimmers. As this bath is closed during the winter
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