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shop in which persons are employed about the business of the shop
and that suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences are available
in every such shop not being a shop exempted by the Council from
this requirement of the Act.
During the past year 555 inspections of shops were made under
the Act.
Notices were served requiring the provision of sanitary conveniences
at three adjoining lock-up shops and as these were not
complied with, legal proceedings were instituted. The summons
was withdrawn owing to a technical difficulty in proving ownership
of the premises and it was considered inadvisable to take further
action when the upper part of the premises became vacant and the
occupiers of the shops claimed to have the privilege of using the
water-closet on the second floor.
Swimming Baths and Pools.
There are three swimming baths in the Council's Central Public
Baths at Lower Clapton Road, the total capacity of the baths being
313,000 gallons. Filtration plant was installed by the Council in
two units, one in 1925 and the other in 1928, and this comprises:—
Eight cylindrical filters each eight feet in diameter;
Two aerators;
Three air compressors, and
Chlorine gas units.
Cleaning is carried out by the method of mechanical agitation.
Sulphate of alumina is used as a coagulant and the chlorine content
of the swimming bath water is maintained in accordance with the
recommendations contained in the report of 1929 of the Ministry of
Health, tests of the water being made daily and recorded.
During 1936 the Council decided that the premises of the
Central Baths, which were erected in 1897, had reached a stage when
they can be regarded as generally out of date and not in accordance
with modern requirements. A scheme of reconstruction has, therefore,
been decided upon under which it is proposed to build upon
the site of the present Baths three swimming baths, Turkish and
vapour baths with accommodation for 60 bathers, foam, radiant
heat and sun-ray treatment accommodation for 20 bathers, a foot
clinic, washing or slipper baths for 62 males and 42 females and
an establishment laundry.