[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Lytham St Annes Borough.

  • Lytham St. Anne's (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Lytham St Annes Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Swimming Baths There are two municipally owned swimming baths in the Borough. The details are as follows: St. Annes Open Air Baths: Capacity — 800,000 gallons. Source of filling water — Sea Water. Treatment — filtration and chlorination. Rate of change — 5Vi hourly. Lytham Baths: Capacity — 90,000 gallons. Source of filling water — Sea Water. Treatment — filtration and chlorination. Rate of change — 8 hourly. Daily checks are taken at each pool and in addition samples of water from both baths are submitted for bacteriological examination. During the year 34 samples were taken, all of which were satisfactory. Clean Air Seventeen visits were made to boiler and furnace installations in the Borough for the purpose of inspection and advice. Industrial smoke presents no real problem in the Borough. The occasional emission of dark smoke is invariably corrected by an advisory' visit. Pet Animals Act, 1951 Four premises are licensed for the sale of pet animals. Number of visits during year — 14. Factories Act, 1937, 1948—Part 1 of the Act 1. INSPECTIONS fot purposes of provisions as to health Number on Register Number of Premises I nspec- tions Written Notices Occupiers prosecuted (i) Factories in which Section 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authori¬ ties 7 4 (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority 190 189 17 (iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (ex¬ cluding out-workers’ pre¬ mises) 13 16 Total 210 209 17 —