The use of shower baths in schools in England and on the Continent / by Frederick Rose.

  • Rose, Frederick.
Date:
1906
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Credit: The use of shower baths in schools in England and on the Continent / by Frederick Rose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    according to the general (luality of tlie installation, the miinhcr of douches, and the j)rovision of coniinon dressing and douch- ing boxes or of separate dressing and douching boxes. Thus there exist iutJerinan schools small basement instal- lations with common dressing and bathing rooms which have only cost about LloO to £*200, and others again at C’ologne with separate dressing and bathing boxes which have cost from £o0n to £750. The shower bath centres at Amsterdam (to douches) cost £1,00(1 inclusive of the site. As far lus can bo ascertained, the shower-hath arrangements installtHl in many already existing (Jerman schools seem geiuually to have cost from £150 t(> £300. Many, how<‘ver have cost consider- ably more. With regard to the j)rovision of slunver baths in new buildings^ it is very dittieidt to obtain se]>arate figures, as these are generally included in the total estimates, as far at least as the necessary space and walls are concerned. In many of the newest schools up to £800 has been ex])ended for installations. In England, more especially lx)ndon, we have to deal with ditferent conditions. Few of the London schools are so con- structed as to permit of the introduction of a suitable shower- bath installation in their basements. It will be neces-ary, therefore, to erect separate buildings to serve as shower-bath centres. To avoid the heavy exj^enditure for building sites, it wjll further be necessary in the majority of cases to utilise the ])laygrounds. The buildings themselves will cost more than on the Continent, owing to the re(piiiements of huilding regulations, dearer materials, higher wages, and so forth, and also on account of the provision of se})aratetlressing and bathing boxes, if it is decidecl to ado])t this system. The last ])rovision seems necessary to conciliate the j)arents of many childi-en who might object to joint dressing and washing, but it materially increases the ex])ense. 1 make no comment upon this beyond saying that while j)eiha})s desirable in the case of girls, es])ecially older girls, it seems unnecessary in the case of boys. This dilHculty could be met by the ])rovision of common undressing and bathing rooms for the younger chil- dren and a number of se])arate dressing and douching boxes for older girls and boys. After careful consideration of the necessiiry estimates, it aj)pears that a suitable shower-bath centre couUl not be erected in L)ndon under £2,350. This centre woukl consist of a douching room, an undressing room, washing and drying room, and so forth. The douching room would provide ^>0 douches in se])arate boxes, corres})onding to 50 boxes in the
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