[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough].

  • Lambeth (London, England)
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    59 Smoke Abatement. Metal plates containing suggestions to avoid the unnecessary emission of smoke have been distributed to all firms using hand and oil-fired boilers in the area. These have been fixed prominently in the stokeholds and are appreciated. No. of complaints received 46 No. of intimation notices served 46 No. of observations made 78 Every effort is made to enlist co-operation with industry by the sanitary inspectors in order to reduce the waste and nuisance from smoke. Shops Acts, 1934 Twenty-three inspections and eleven re-inspections were made during the year in connection with ventilation, temperature and sanitary conveniences. No legal proceedings were instituted, as all alterations required were carried out informally. Three ex emption certificates were granted regarding the provision on the premises of sanitary conveniences owing to restricted accommo dation or other special circumstances affecting the premises. Swimming Baths and Pools There are three bathing establishments in the district; one indoors in Lambeth Road, S.E. 1, belonging to the Borough Council, is connected with the Baths and Washhouses; another, open-air, situated in Kennington Park, S.E. 11, belongs to the London County Council, and is fitted with continuous filtration and chlorination plant ; while the third is an open-air pool, without means of cleansing, in Brockwell Park, S.W. 2. The work is almost finished of construct ing an open-air bath, with an adequate purification plant, to replace the old pool in Brockwell Park, which will then be closed for bathing purposes.