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147 (j) Adequate artificial liKhting shall be provided in all parts of the pool, and dressing rooms. These lights shall be used at any time that natural light is not sufficient to see clearly in all parts of the rooms. (k) Adequate ventilation shall be provided in such a way that drafts will not blow on the bathers. (1) The pool room, dressing rooms, showers, and the toilets shall be heated to at least 70 degress to 75 degrees F. (m) Dressing room floors shall re of smooth impervious material, with no cracks, and shall be properly drained. (n) Diving boards and platforms shall be rigidly constructed and anchored and their height shall conform to the following schedule= Elevation Minimum Depth of Water 1 foot 5 feet 3 6 5 7 7 8 10 9 ' (4) POOL WATER* (a) Water used in a swimming pool shall be from a source approved by the Health Officer. The method of purification of the water before entering the pool or water used for recirculation shall • be approved by the Health Officer. (b) All water on entering the pool shall be chlorinated. The available chlorine in the water in the pool shall at all times be between 0.1 p.p.m and 0.5 p.p.m. (c) The water shall at all times be sufficiently clear to permit a black disk 6 inches in diameter on a white field# when placed on the bottom of the pool at the deepest point, to be clearly visible from the side walls of the pool at all distances up to 10 yards. (d) The water shall not be artifically heated to above 72 degrees F. The air shall not be more than S degrees F. warmer or 2 degrees F. colder than the water in the pool. (e) As shown by bacterial counts of the water, taken at any time, the purity of the water shall equal to accepted standards for drinking water. - (5) BATHING LOAD LIMITS. (a) Frequency of changing water. The total number of bathers using a swimming pool during any period of time shall not exceed twenty (20) persons for each 1,000 gallons of clean water added to the pool during that period. The term "clean water"as used above may be interpreted to mean, new clean water used to refill the pool, new clean water used to replace loss by splashing or during cleansing, water taken from the pool and returned after effective filtration, or any combination of such waters* (b) Frequency of disinfection. At any pool where the addition of disinfectant is not continuous during the bathing period the total number of persons permitted to use the pool between any two consecutive disinfections shall not exceed seven (7) persons for each 1,000 gallons of water in the pool and each disinfection shall be sufficient to insure that the bacterial quality of the water shall conform to the limits stated in paragraph (d) of sub -section 4 of this section. (6) SAFETY OF BATHERS. (a) A swimming instructor, bathing master, or qualified attendant shall be on duty at the pool side at all times when a pool is open to use by bathers. Such attendant shall be in full charge of bathers and have authority to enforace all rules of safety and sanitation. (b) Solo bathing shall be prohibited,and no one shall be permitted in the pool room unless an attendant is present. (c) Whenever a pool is empty, entrance of all persons except pool attendant must be prevented. (7) PERSONAL REGULATIONS. (a) All persons to take cleansing bath. All persons using* a swimming pool must be required to take a cleansing shower bath in the nude, using warm water and soap, and thoroughly rinsing offall soap suds, before entering the pool room or enclosure. A bath after donning suit shall not be permitted. e to take cleansing bath on returning to pool. A bather leaving the pool room or (b ) Bathers g g enclosure for any reason shall take a foot bath before teturning. A bather leaving pool to use toilet shall be required to take a second bath before returning. (c) Instructions to bathers. All bathers shall be instructed to use the toilet and particularly to empty the bladder before taking cleansing bath and entering pool* (d) Person with communicable disease to be excluded. Any person having any skin disease, sore ' or inflamed eyes, cold, nasal or ear discharges, or any communicable disease must be excluded from a public swimming pool. (e) Certain persons must be warned of danger bf infection. Persons having any considerable area of exposed sub-epidemmal tissue, open blisters, outs, etc., must be warned that these are likely to become infected and advised not to use the pool. (f) Spitting and blowing nose in pool prohibited. Spitting, spouting of water, blowing the nose, etc., in the pool shall be strictly prohibited. Bathers shall be instructed that the scum gutter is provided for expectoration. (g) Bathers to be instructed against sinus infection. All bathers shall be instructed that blowing the nose to remove water is likely to force infection matter into sinus and inner ear cavities and possibly cause serious consequences. (t) Divers to be advised regarding prevention of ear injury. Divers must be advised to wear rubber caps over the ears with greased cotton to prevent infection of the ear drum and passages by water forced in by concussion.