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"There continues to be a shortage of training facilities for handicapped and disabled
youngsters."
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 1964 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 1964, the total number of persons using the bath was 39,936 (22,685 in 1963). The
average number of persons attending per day was 261. The maximum number at any one
session was 350.
The comparison of figures of attendance in different years is a clear indication of the
type of weather that prevailed during the summer, and these figures are extremely high
because 1964 had an exceptional hot, sunny and long-lasting summer.
An indoor swimming bath was opened at North Road School in the latter part of
1962 for the use of the pupils. Sampling of the water produced satisfactory results during
1964. There was some difficulty during the Autumn because of the need for decorations and
repairs—pieces of dry distemper were falling into the water, and roofing board was loosening
so that the pool had to be closed temporarily, until suitable action could be taken. This
pool is used by the school children summer and winter.
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 1964.
Sampling of the paddling pool water gave excellent results for purity throughout the
year.
School Playing Fields
A total amount of approximately 24 acres of land for school playing fields are now
available for the children of Southall to enjoy physical training, school games, and recreation.
This includes 2½ acres newly acquired as playing field space for the pupils of Dormers
Wells Secondary Modern School.
In addition, there is much play space in the Borough Parks, and in the Municipal
Sports Ground there is a very fine track and field for athletics, part of which can be floodlit
when required. School Sports meetings are held here.
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