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Summary of Disinfection Work during 1962
Rooms disinfected after occurrence of infectious disease or death 22
Bedding Disinfected after occurrence of infectious disease or death 30
Library Books disinfected 132
Drying out wet bedding, carpets etc. caused by Burst pipes 6
Clothing for Spain Parcels 1
Baths for Verminous Persons (Males 20)
(Females 6) 26
Disinfection Certificates
The departmentis regularly called upon to certify that consignments of hair and rags
have been sterilized. Regular visits are made by the Public Health Inspectors to the
firms concerned in connection with the issue of these certificates.
In the case of the hair the certificates are required for production to the public
health authorities of the countries to which the hair is exported.
The certificates for rags are required by firms outside the Borough who supply rags
for cleaning purposes and have them sterilized by local agencies and who need the
certificates either for export purposes or for submission to their customers.
A fee of 5/- is charged for each certificate.
Certificates Issued in 1962
Sterilisation Certificates - Hair 95
Rags 47
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Public Baths and Laundry Establishments
The Baths Superintendent supplied a full report on these services which appeared in
my report for 1959. The following is a brief summary of the facilities available.
(1) Bathing Pools
(a) Lido Open Air Pool. (165 ft. x 75 ft.). The Total capacity is 490,000 gallons
with continuous filtration and chlorination at the rate of 90,000 gallons per
hour. Water supply is from the Metropolitan Water Board's mains.
(b) Pool 1 and 2 at Central Baths (100 ft. x 35 ft. and 75 ft. x 25 ft.). The total
capacity is 155,000 gallons with continuous filtration and chlorination at the
rate of 40,000 gallons per hour. Water supply is drawn from a bore hole 421
feet deep.