[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough.

  • Middlesbrough (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Retail Meat Dealers Shops (Sunday Closing) Act, 1936. This Act came into operation on the 1st January, 1937. Regular inspections have been made, but it has not been necessary to issue a single warning. The butchers have welcomed the Act. Smoke Abatement. The industrial effect of smoke, grit, etc., as defined in the Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, does not cause any serious inconvenience or ill effects, the household chimney being the chief culprit. Two chimneys from Factories which have been erected in a residential area have given rise to complaint but on only one occasion has it been necessary to caiition the owner. Five observa¬ tions, each of one hour, were taken. Swimming Baths and Pools. Mr. A. T. Hatfield, Baths Superintendent has furnished the following general statement :— “ Middlesbrough Corporation Central Baths comprise, a First Class Swimming Bath, 75 ft. by 40 ft. and contains 100,000 Gallons of water. The Second Class Swimming Bath, 75 ft. by 30 ft. contains 70,000 gallons of water. The water in the Baths has the latest svstem of Filtration, Aeration and Chlorination, each bath having a separate system which is inter-changeable in case of a breakdomi on either system. The pumps deal with 35,000 and 25,000 gallons of water per hour respectively, which gives a complete turnover of each bath in 2| hours. The residual Chlorine content is maintained in accordance with the Ministry of Health recommendation at .3 to .5 P.P.M. Samples of water are taken each day and tested for chlorine and a record kept. Samples of the water have been taken by the Health Department and sent for bacteriological examination and these have always been found satisfactory. During this year the Filters have been thoroughly overhaided, the sand has been taken out and washed, the collecting ])ipes cleaned and the 780 strainers cleaned and polished. The number of bathers in our Swimming Baths has not been so great as in the previous year owing to the weather being less favourable. 37 Slipper baths are provided at the Central Baths and 9 at Cannon Street branch. We have also 17 Slipper baths at our Dacre Street branch. There has been a decline in attendance at the branches. This is brought about by the demolitian of property in the Dacre Street area and by peo]:>le moving to new houses where baths are provided.
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