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No contravention of the relevant London County Council Bylaws was
discovered during the course of the twenty inspections made.
SECTION 146 (Bylaws with respect to certain businesses). No contravention
of the relevant London County Council bylaws was discovered during the course
of inspections made of the thirteen premises at which the business of rag
and bone dealer was carried on.
SECTION 157 (Application for lodging house licences). The Council again
renewed the licence granted in respect of the one lodging house in the Borough
which accommodates 133 men.
SECTION 167 (Provision of baths and washhouses). The following facilities
are provided by the Council under this section -
Slipper Baths Lower Clapton Road
Wardle Street
Gayhurst Road
Shacklewell Lane
Englefield Road
Eastway
Vapour and Aeratone Baths Lower Clapton Road
Public Laundry Eastway
Laundrettes 88-90. Oldhill Street
12-14. Morning Lane
SWIMMING BATHS. All the Council's baths, including the swimming baths,
are under the control of a General Manager who has kindly furnished me with
the following information:-
"Hackney Borough Council control 3 indoor swimming baths which are sited at
the Central Baths. Lower Clapton Road, E 5. The water supply is from the
Metropolitan Water Board - the water is filtered by pressure type sand
filters with a four hour turnover. The method of chlorination is marginal,
and the alkalinity of the water is maintained by dosages of sulphate of
alumina soda. Water tests are carried out four times per day and the
standard required is - 0.6 p.p.m.g. chlorine residual and Ph at 7 5".
The London County Council provide and maintain the one open air swimming
bath in the Borough. Water is supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board, and
during the summer season a mechanical system of filtration and chlorination is
carried out. Copies of periodic chemical and bacteriological examination of
samples of the water carried out by the Scientific Branch of the Public Health
Department at County Hall are sent to me by the County Medical Officer.
SECTION 234 (Provision of Mortuaries). At the Council s Public Mortuary
which adjoins the Churchyard of the Parish Church of St. John-at-Hackney.
refrigerated accommodation is provided for fifteen bodies. There is a well
equipped Post-Mortem Room a Chapel and a Viewing Room, The Mortuary Keeper
resides in a lodge attached to the premises and other accommodation provides a
waiting room and an interviewing room for the use of the Coroner's Officers.
Since 1956 this Mortuary has received bodies from the boroughs of Hackney,
Stoke Newington, Bethnal Green and Shoreditch, who share the cost on a
population basis Because of staff holidays and sickness it was necessary
to close the Mortuary from midnight Thursday August 30th until midnight
Sunday, September 16th. Under an arrangement made with St. Pancras Borough
Council, that authority accepted eleven bodies which under normal conditions,
would have been received in the Hackney Mortuary.
The cost to the Council was £59 2s. 6d.