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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Beddington and Wallington 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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SWIMMING BATH
The Corporation rented from the Surrey County Council (for the 1960
Summer season) the open-air swimming bath situated in the grounds
of what was formerly the Royal Female Orphanage, now the Carew
Manor School.
Sessions are arranged for the general public, school children, and youth organisations in the Borough. During the 1960 season, which covered a period of 18 weeks, the following attendances were recorded:
| Youth organisations | 2,544 |
| School children | 5,784 |
| Season Ticket Holders, etc.: | |
| Adults | 20,646 |
| Children | 4,182 |
| Total | 33,156 |
The water supply for the Carew Manor School Swimming Bath is
drawn from a well sunk in the grounds of the institution. After filling up,
the water is only topped up, and complete emptying of the bath does not
take place during the whole of the season.
Chlorination is by means of a chlorine gas injector; the standard of
chlorination maintained is 0.7 parts per million in the shallow end, and
0.4 parts per million in the middle of the bath. Filtration is carried
out by pressure through a sand filter. Samples of the swimming bath
water are submitted for bacteriological examination throughout the
season. Those submitted in 1960 (10), were returned as bacteriologically
sterile.
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