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Facilities for recreation provided by the Borough Council and maintained
are as follows:-
14 Football Pitches
7 Rugby Pitches
7 Hockey Pitches
2 Bowling Greens
2 Putting Greens
29 Tennis Courts
12 Cricket Pitches
10 Children's Playgrounds
6 Jumping Pits
4 Running Tracks (grass)
In addition, the Borough Council shares with Ealing and Acton, forming
with them a joint committee known as the Gunners bury Park Joint Committee,
further facilities situated as follows:-
39 Football Pitches
2 Rugby Pitches
2 Hockey Pitches
2 Bowling Greens
2 Putting Greens
16 Tennis Courts
11 Cricket Pitches
1 Children s Playground
2 Golf Courses
1 Boating Lake
1 Fishing Lake
Swimming Baths and Paddling Pools controlled by the Council
Brentford Indoor Swimming Baths
Area 2,430 sq. ft.
Capacity 12,049 c. ft.
Total number of persons using baths in 1960 69,118
Average number per day 230
Maximum number using baths on one day 430
Chiswick Open Air Swimming Pools:-
Large Pool Area 7,500 sq. ft.
Capacity 33,750 c. ft.
Small Pool Area 3,500 sq. ft.
Capacity 18,375 c. ft.
Total number of persons using baths in 1960 87,751
Average number per day 573
Maximum number using baths on one day 4,008
The source of the water in the swimming baths is the mains supply of the
Metropolitan Water Board. In both the indoor bath and the outdoor pools the
water goes through a continuous filtration process, the rate of change-over
being about once every three hours in the indoor bath and about once every ten
hours in the open air pools, though this latter rate is speeded up during periods
of heavy use of the pools. Topping up to allow for loss by evaporation or removal
is done several times weekly Additional purification is carried out by
means of intermittent chlorination the amount of free chloride aimed at being
0.6 parts per million. Water samples are taken two to three times daily throughout
the season for the purposes of chemical analysis and pH estimation.
Samples taken from Chiswick Pools for bacteriological examination gave an
unsatisfactory result in June and following on this the pools were emptied
completely and freshly filled - then it was arranged that filtration should be
continuous throughout the day and night to ensure thorough cleansing and subsequently
all bacteriological results were excellent except for one occasion
in August when a slight amount of pollution was recorded but this was rapidly
cleared without need for massive cleansing operations.
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