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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 1961 44,126
Average number per day 138
Maximum number using baths on one day 514
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 1961 91,890
Average number per day 647
Maximum number using baths on one day 4,966
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.
An enquiry was made into the efficacy of the drug Panacide as a disinfectant
in the open air swimming pool because of its alleged efficiency in
keeping the water free from algal deposits In was decided that a trial could
be made of this treatment provided there was strict control of the amount
used, The bactericidal effect was not 100% as from one sample of bath water
taken faecal coli were returned, the subsequent sampling being satisfactory,
Monthly sampling of water from all the pools was carried out and on one occasion
faecal coli were obtained in the closed bath at Brentford This was quickly
rectified.
Paddling Pools Duke's Meadows:-
Area (2 pools each 60' x 60')., 7,200 sq.ft.
Depth 6 to 1 in middle
These paddling pools are emptied and refilled daily from the mains supply
and ½ pint of Chloros is added at each filling.
They are open from approximately 1st April to 30th September each year,
according to weather conditions.
Public Baths and Washhouses
Brentford
In Clifden Road Brentford, the Council maintains premises containing 21
slipper baths, 14 for men and 7 for women The total number using the baths
during 1961 was 20,087 persons.
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