[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.

  • Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces During the year 248 visits were paid to factories, workshops and workplaces. Fifteen notices were served during the year, of which 11 were complied with at the end of the year. 7. Moveable Dwellings There are 15 licensed sites, giving accommodation for 244 caravans and 99 tents in the area. Routine inspections of fairs circuses have been carried out and the usual high standard was found. Youth Organisations again visited the area for camping holidays. The arrangements at the various sites were kept under observation. 8. Smoke Abatement Premises were kept under observation from time to time—13 visits were made. The principal industries are gas-works, brick-works and dry-cleaning works. Railway operations also come within the sphere of activity. 9. Swimming Pool The swimming pool in Bexhill is open air, length 40 yards, width 10 yards, and a capacity of approximately 100,000 gallons. The bath is filled with sea water at the beginning of the season and the sides, surrounds and bottom, are cleansed daily. Clarification is by means of high-pressure filters, the filtering material being Soda Ash, Alumino Ferric, and Bicarbonate of Soda, the bath water constantly circulating through these filters. Continuous chlorination is maintained by a Wallis Tiernan chlorinator, and the doseage being in the strength of approximately 2 parts per million, in accordance with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Publication “ Purification of Water of Swimming Baths.” Frequent colormeter tests are taken throughout the day at the shallow middle and deep ends. The process of filtration ensures that the bath water is constantly circulating and being filtered every 8 hours. Bacteriological examinations are taken monthly, and on other occasions when required. The results of these have been consistently excellent over a period of years, and the B/coli count is always less than 1 per 100 cc., which according to Ministry standards indicates a highly satisfactory bath content. Cubicles are provided for changing purposes, and these are always maintained in a high standard of cleanliness. Conveniences are maintained for both sexes, as well as showers for the use of bathers before and after bathing. The excellent state of cleanliness and hygiene of this swimming pool is evidence of its popularity, and the great demands on its accommodation which are proving to be inadequate, and it is hoped that alterations and extensions which will be begun in 1961, will remedy this. The bath facilities being open to the public at certain hours, are also available to State and Independent Schools at special sessions.