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Hackney 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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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 three indoor swimming baths which are
situated at the Central Baths establishment in Lower Clapton Road
Clapton. E. 5. The water supply to the premises is from the Metropolitan
Water Board - the water in the swimming baths is filtered continuously by
pressure sand filters having a four-hour turnover period Sterilisation
of the bath water is by marginal chlorination with a chlorine residual
maintained between 0. 2 and 0. 5 p.p.m. Alkalinity is maintained at pH 7. 5 to 7.8"
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.
| Hackney residents | Shore ditch residents | Bethnal Green residents | Stoke Newington residents | Residents of other areas | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of bodies received | 251 | 79 | 107 | 86 | 96 | 619 |
| (i) to await burial | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| (ii) to await post-mortem examination | 248 | 79 | 106 | 86 | 95 | 614 |
| Cause of death certified by Coroner | 201 | 67 | 90 | 70 | 76 | 504 |
| Number of inquest cases | 47 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 110 |
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT 1953
SECTION 17 (Sampling of trade effluents). A total of seventy trade
effluent samples were taken from fifty one premises and submitted to the
Scientific Branch of the Public Health Department of the London County
Council who undertake the analyses at a cost to the Borough Council of £1
per sample twelve of these samples were reported on as being unsatisfactory
The occupiers of the premises from which unsatisfactory samples were obtained
were interviewed and advised as to the action necessary to remedy the
unsatisfactory discharge Copies of the reports on the analysis of all
samples were sent to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for his information
and any action he might consider necessary
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1954
SECTION 12 (Obligation to provide dustbins). Notices requiring the
owners concerned to provide additional dustbins were served in respect of
twenty-two premises legal proceedings being taken in three instances
SECTION 18 (Hairdressers and Barbers). Applications for registration
received during the year
Persons 8
Premises 3
A total of 239 persons and 167 premises were on the Council's register
at the end of the year Inspections of registered premises to the number of
forty-nine were carried out.