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Hackney 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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"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
| Hackney residents | Shore-ditch residents | Bethnal Green residents | Stoke Newington residents | Residents of other areas | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of bodies received | 196 | 56 | 76 | 64 | 104 | 496 |
| (i) to await burial | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| (ii) to await post-mortem examination | 195 | 56 | 76 | 63 | 104 | 494 |
| Cause of death certified by Coroner without inquest | 149 | 48 | 64 | 52 | 73 | 386 |
| Number of inquest cases | 46 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 108 |
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 40 premises:
legal proceedings being taken in one instance.
SECTION 18 (Hairdressers and Barbers). Applications for registration received
during the year:- Persons 1
Premises l
A total of 239 persons and 168 premises were on the Council's register at
the end of the year. Inspections of registered premises to the number of
seventy seven were carried out.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1955
SECTION 25 (Powers as to stopped up or defective drains, etc.). Sixty-nine
notices were served under this section, and in the owners' default the stoppedup
drains were cleared by the Council in 40 cases.
SECTION 26 (Supply of water to premises where supply cut off). In the case
of one premises where the Metropolitan Water Board had discontinued the water
supply by reason of defective fittings, a notice informing the owner that the
Council proposed to carry out the work necessary to secure reinstatement of the
water supply was served, and the necessary work was executed by the Council.
SECTION 27 (Remedying of defective premises). Notices were served under this
section in three cases. In one case the work was carried out by the Council
after the expiration of the statutory period of nine days.