CONTROL OF BATHS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 755, 30 August 1929, Page 10

CONTROL OF BATHS

IMPROVEMENTS MADE LAST YEAR GUARDING PUBLIC HEALTH (THE st'ys Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, Today. According to the annual report presented to the House yesterday by Dr T. J. Hughes, medical officer in charge of the Central Auckland health district, great improvements have been made during the year in the system of care of the baths under the control of the City Council and other local authorities in Auckland. “Chemical and bacteriological examinations of the baths were carried out by the department during the summer mouths,” says the report, “and recommendations were made for improvements for safeguarding bathers. Each of the three salt water baths under control of the City Council is now provided with liquid chlorinating plants for the sterilisation of the sea water during the filling of the baths. Two of these baths rely on the frequency of emptying and refilling for purity, while the third is provided with a recirculation and heating system being a tepid bath. The position of the intake for these latter baths I consider is most unsatisfactory. The safety of the water depends on efficient chlorination. “Examination of public school baths shows that more frequent emptying and cleansing are necessary. Examination of St. Cuthbert’s School swimming bath showed that the bath with its up-to-date chlorination, filtration and recirculation system had been in use for twelve months without emptying and renewal of the bath water, and. still showed no colL”