[Report 1934] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council
Date:
1934
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    Judging by the analyses, the filtration and purification plant has dealt successfully with the problems involved by the drought period, and produced a pure water supply varying but little in quality. On 26th September, the Ministry of Health held an Enquiry concerning the extension of the works noted in the last report and provisional sanction to the scheme has now been given. SWIMMING BATH. Exeter possesses an old-fashioned and somewhat un- attractive swimming bath. In the summer months it is necessarily occupied for the greater part of the day by classes of school children, and in the winter months it has; to close down for lack of support. The bath water is cleansed by a continuous filtration and chlorination ])lant installed a few years ago. The last two hot summers have produced something like a boom in swimming baths and no doubt considerable profits have been made both by public and private owners. The majority of these baths are open-air establishments and it is obvious that their prosperity is dependent upon the season. The bacteriological standard of the water in modern swimming baths is very high presumably because the bath water is really a mild disinfectant solution. What effect these sophisticated waters have on the delicate mucous membrane of the eyes, nose, etc., remains to be seen. I have no doubt that if sufficient support were forth- coming Exeter could have an up-to-date bath, and it is understood that the matter is under consideration. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. Tht' whole of the City sewage is now dealt with by the activated sludge process at the new works at Countess Wear. These works were opened officially 30th September, 1933. During the year certain troubles arose in connec- tion with offensive effluvia. A Ministry of Health Enquiry was held on the 19th June, 1934.