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Surbiton 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Swimming Baths and Pools.
Publicly owned Baths.
Surbiton Lagoon, situated in Raeburn Avenue,
Surbiton, is an open air pool 165ft. long and 90ft.
wide with a depth of 3 to 9ft.
The water is treated by continuous pressure
sand filtration, sterilization by injection of chlorine
and oxygenation over an ornamental cascade.
Periodic samples of the water are taken by the
Borough Engineer and Surveyor and the plant
adjusted accordingly. Two samples were also
taken by the Public Health Department at peak
periods, both of which proved satisfactory.
Privately owned Pools open to the Public.
Ace of Spades Swimming Pool, Kingston ByPass
Road is an open air pool 40ft. by 20ft. with a
depth of 4ft. to 7ft. 6ins.
One sample was taken during the year and this
was reported upon as being satisfactory.
The water is treated by means of a Candy
chlorine filtration plant.
Milk Supply.
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936,
which came into force on 1st June, 1936, abolished
the existing designations "Certified," "Grade A
(T.T.)" and "Grade A" and prescribed new designations
as follows :—
Tuberculin Tested.
Accredited.
Pasteurised.
These changes should go far to clear up the
misunderstanding which has existed regarding the
relative value of the various grades.
There is one producer of Tuberculin Tested
Milk in the Borough.
Eight samples of Certified milk were taken