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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936-PUBLIC SWIMMING BATHS
In Circular l/60, the Ministry of Health requested that the Annual Report of the
Medical Officer of Health for 1959 should include some notes on the Public Swimming Baths.
The following paragraph is inserted to comply with the Ministry of Health's request.
There are two indoor publio swimming baths and one open-air swimming pool in the
County Borough of West Ham. The water for the baths is obtained from the Metropolitan Water
Board's main town supply, and the continuous method of filtration is adopted at all the
Public Swimming Baths. Sterilisation of the water in the pools is obtained by chemical methods,
e.g. by the use of chlorine.
Experience over the years has shown that the baths staff maintain the water in the pool
at the highest possible hygienic standards. In view of the source and method of treatment of
the water supply used in the pools, no bacteria examinations were conducted in 1959.
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