Another mother has come forward claiming her child broke out in blisters after visiting the pool at The Strand.

Kayley Freeman took her four-year-old son Jayden to the open-air swimming lido in Gillingham to cool down during the recent hot weather.

During the visit the Napier primary school pupil cut open the bottom of his feet. Miss Freeman took him home to bandage him up and said she found sores on her son’s feet.

When Jayden woke up the next day, he was covered in blisters.

Miss Freeman, 21, took him to Medway Maritime Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a bacterial infection, which she believes came from the Strand pool.

The mum-of-two said: “When I took him to the hospital the staff said they had never seen anything like it but that they definitely weren’t sun blisters.

“They said it was linked to the blisters on his feet, which he got when he visited The Stand. When the doctor popped the blister on his shoulder to take a sample it came back twice the size straight away."

She added: “We won’t be going back [to The Strand] again.”

Miss Freeman is the third mother to contact the Messenger about her child developing blisters after visiting the lido.

As reported in last Friday’s Messenger, Christine Vant’s seven-year-old son Danny and Michelle Scott’s seven-year-old daughter Jessica both developed blisters and were diagnosed with bacterial infections after visiting the pool on Sunday, July 17.

Medway Council arranged for samples of water from the pool to be tested by Public Health England, which has confirmed the lido is safe for public bathing and that there are no concerns around water quality.

Staff at the pool will continue to carry about daily standard checks of the water, with the council arranging weekly independent tests while the pool is open throughout the summer.

A Medway Council spokesman said: “The Strand pool is filled with filtered river water, and small stones and sand can sometimes make its way through the filter, which may have caused some pool users to get small scratches on their feet.

“The pool is cleaned regularly and as a precaution we have swept a portion of the pool and we will continue to monitor levels of sediment.

“The colour of the water can also be darker and not as clear as you’d expect from an indoor pool. Despite this, it is still clean and safe to swim in.”