Public baths and washhouses and public libraries.

  • County of London.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Public baths and washhouses and public libraries. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    Abstract of accounts for 1897-8 in respect of baths, &c. ;diture. Working expenses. oal, :as. ifels, )ap, ic. Water. Salaries, wages and es- tablish- ment. Special (where sepa- rately stated). Total expen- diture Receipts in aid of expenditure. Tickets sold. Bath. Laun- dry. Sale of soap and soda, extra towels, &c. Other. Total re- ceipts- in-aid. Net expendi- ture falling on rates. Loans borrowed up to end of 1897-8 for purposes of baths, &c. Purchase of site. Erection of buildings, ma- chinery, &c. Total. Loans out- standing at end of 1897-8 S'otes. 17 820 2,516 263o 9,801 4,027 539 230 1836 4,979 4,822 4,100 62,350 1,450 51,1550 The total capital cost of theae baths was £40,956. The let class swimming bath is fitted up as a hall during the winter seison, but is not licensed by the Council for music and danciog. The total capital cost of these baths wa» £25,501. The 1st class swimming bath is fitted up as a hall during the winter season, but is not licensed by the Council for music and dancing. A loan of £6,690 has recently been borrowed for the pur- chase of this site. 66 456 1,706 150 255 8,913 1,604 1,877 2,600 25 46 1,675 2,238 8,800 8,800 1,877 5,000 7,288 22,448 27.448 25,811 These baths were originally worked by a private company. On purchase they were extended at a cost of £4,1)00, which was met by a special precept on the rates. In March, 1897, a special pre- cept on the rates of £1,800 was received towards the erection of buildings, and in May, 1898, an additional loan of £2,775 was borrowed. 57 67 2,443 7,500 39,395 46.895 44,697 Since 1897-8 additional loans to the amount of £0,300 have been borrowed. (a) CamberweU—Entertainments, flooring, die, account. (h) CamberweU—Including £161 receipts from hall account. [2]