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members of the same family or by different families brings problems of cleanliness and the
maintenance 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.
The Youth Employment Officer also made the following comments:—"The number of
young people registering as unemployed was slightly higher than in 1962 (15) but even so
we had 65 unfilled vacancies. These we were unable to fill mainly because the young people
available did not satisfy the necessary requirements, lacking either the educational qualification
or personal qualities demanded by employers. As there are now only two schoolleaving
periods each year, i.e. Easter and Summer, it is possible that many of the vacancies
now on our books would have been filled had we had a number of school-leavers at Christmas,
as in the past. It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain employment for boys and
girls at the lower end of the ability scale, and with the impending impact of automation,
these handicapped youngsters will be at an even greater disadvantage. It is suggested that
the provision of a considerable increase in the number and scope of Sheltered workshops
may need serious consideration."
Swimming Baths
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 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 Bath Manager's staff 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 1963 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 1963,
the total number of persons using the bath was 22,685 (18,189 in 1962). The average number
of persons attending per day was 148. The maximum number at any one session was 350.
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