[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Penzance (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    17/38 (page 11)
    In the general consideration of the problem it is hoped that it will be possible to do something about some of the transport” cafes which are dotted around the countryside. The long-distance lorry drivers, who are as a class the most courteous and best drivers in the country, deserve a great deal better than they are getting in many places. (8) Swimming Bath. This is the finest open-air pool in Cornwall and when open is a perpetual attraction, but it has, how¬ ever unfortunately a drawback as the bath which is on the fill and draw system cannot be emptied on neap tides, the bottom is only partly concreted, the rest being mud and shingle, and the water is not treated. The difficulty of dealing with this bath is its size - it holds about 2 million gallons and therefore the consequent filter, chlorination, and pumping machin¬ ery would be costly. The Council propose to make a start to deal with the mud and shingle at the bottom by concreting it over in 1955* This would at once give a much better appearance and also enable it to be cleaned properly. If at the same time a diving well of the requisite depth could be constructed with a proper high board, this would then enable the Borough to stage full- scale diving championship matches with their spectac¬ ular events from the top board. These could not but add interest to any events staged in the pool and so draw the revenue-producing crowds. Here as in so many amenity items in a seaside resort money has to be expended first. (9) Crematorium. This proposal as in so many other cases where several Locol Authorities are concerned is not pro¬ gressing very rapidly. One snag after another is dis¬ covered, yet the facts are quite simple. There is no crematorium nearer at present than Efford, at Plymouth. Every year the number of bodies cremated is increasing, and with the enormous amount of good land taken for cemeteries it might reasonably be imagined that the development of so seemly and hygienic a method of disposal of the dead would be encouraged as far as possible. In the meantime we can hope for further progress in the Cornish proposal. -11-