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. !nditure. ■Working expenses. Coal, gas. owels, soap, &c. Water. Salaries, wages and es- tablish- ment. Special (where sepa- rately stated). Total expen- diture Receipts in aid of expenditure. Tickets sold. Sale of soap and soda, extra towels, &c. Other. Total re- ceipts- in-aid. Bath. Laun- dry. 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, 2,839 2,323 5,133 60 19,812 6,749 1,453 141 212 8,555 / 8,000 11,287 £ 29,650 6,000 \ 11,250 33,700 £ 37,650 £ 32,930 39,700 28,250 39,500 The total capital outlay on these baths up to the end of 1898-9 was £48,591. The Ist class swimming bath is fitted up as a hall during the winter season, and is licensed by the Council to be used for music and dancing. 31,100 34,240 The total capital outlay on these baths up to the end of 1898-9 waa £3»',55C. An additional women's swimming bath and 37 additional private baths are being added to this establish- ment. For this purpose addi- tional loans to the amount of .£23,764 have been borrowed. The total capital outlay on these baths up to the end of 1898-9 was £43,1-09. 950 593 i,78e 7,358 1,441 920 40 16 2,417 4,941 13,500 46,200 59,700 38,215 142 105 728 3,409 711 238 957 2,452 14,350 40,000 54,350 53,429 In addition to the debt outstand- ing at the end of 1897-8 shown here, there was an amount of £7,498 outstanding in respect of a loan of £8,000 borrowed in 1892 for the purchase of a private swimmintr - bath in Femdale-road, Brixton. It was subsequently decided that this site was not sufficiently central, and the premises have recently been sold to the Technical Education Board for £4,000, on condition that they were to be utilised as a technical insti- tute. The 1st class swimming bath is fitted up as a hall during tho winter season, and is licensed by the Council to be used for music and dancinr. [3]