Baths and wash-houses for the labouring classes.

  • Baly, Price Prichard.
Date:
1852
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Baths and wash-houses for the labouring classes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The second Establishment opened in London, was that of the Baths and Wash-houses in George Street, Euston Square, which was opened in August 1846. That Establishment was erected by a Committee, formed, in the first place and at the instance of the General Committee, as a Sub- Committee, but which, after a time, became an independent Committee. The total number of Bathers there up to the end of 1851, has been 559,322, and of persons whose linen has been washed, 1,247,000; and the total receipts there from those Bathers and Washers, have been £.11,566 85. 2d. There are, in that Establishment, Baths at prices above the highest charged at the following Establishments, at which the Parliamentary Tariff is observed. That tariff is fixed by the following Schedule to the Act of 10 & 11 Victoria, ch. 61:— “ Charges for the Baths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places. 1.—Baths for the Labouring Classes. Every Bath to be supplied with clean Water for every person bathing alone, or for several Children bathing together, and in either case with One Clean Towel for every Bather. For One Person above Eight Years old :— Cold Bath, or Cold Shower Bath, any Sum not exceeding . One Penny. Warm Bath, or Warm Shower Bath, or Vapour Bath, any Sum not exceeding ......... Twopence. For several Children, not above Eight Years old, not exceeding Four, bathing together :— Cold Bath, or Cold Shower Bath, any Sum not exceeding . Twopence. Warm Bath, or Warm Shower Bath, or Vapour Bath, any Sum not exceeding ......... Fourpence. 2.—Baths of any higher Class. Such charges as the Council and the Commissioners respectively think fit, not exceeding in any case three times the charges above mentioned for the several kinds of Baths for the Labouring Classes.
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