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 following statistical details may be found of use. I.-—An Account of the Bathing and Washing at the Establishments in London, which are conducted under or in accordance with the Acts 9 & 10 Vic., cap. 74, and 10 & 11 Vic., cap. 61,—and at a few out of the many similar Establishments in the Country. Return for the Year ended Christmas 1851. Name and Title of The Establishment. BATHS. WASH-HOUSES. Total Receipts. Number of Bathers. Receipts. Number of Washers. Number of Hours Washing, &c. &e. Receipts. Metropolis. £. s. d. £. s. d. £1 5. d. The Model, Whitechapel, . 156,310 2143 7 8 43,462 98,824 531 1 2 2,674 8 10 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 213,485 3437 17 9 50,200 103,836 499 14 1 3,937 11 10 St. Mary-le-bone, 173,157 2242 3 7 24,718 72,236 300 18 10 2,543 2 5 St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster,] (Opened \2th May,) J 83,405 972 2 1 13,189 27,895 J- 147 1 1 1,119 3 2 Greenwich, (Opened 2nd Sept.) . 20,885 345 17 5 682 2,754 20 4 0 366 1 5 Totals, 647,242 9141 8 6 132,251 305,545i 1498 19 2 10,640 7 8 Country. Liverpool,— 1 Cornwallis Street, (Opened 12th May,) [ 86,899 1283 12 1 NOT OPEN. .. . *• 1,283 12 1 Paul Street, . . . . .) 42,353 576 4 10 19,455 116,630 190 12 10 766 17 8 Hull, 63,765 640 18 1 4,968 19,290 91 6 8 732 4 9 Bristol, ...... 43,373 547 19 11 5,746 ll,511i 62 11 1 610 11 0 Preston, [Oldened 26th May,) 24,515 244 12 10 2,179 6,585 27 19 4 272 12 2 Birmingham, (Opened 12th May,) 78,646 1015 11 9 908 3,688 26 14 8 1,042 6 5 This return does not include the bathing and washing at the Establishment in George Street, Euston Square, which is not conducted according to the Acts. II.—An Account of the receipts of each succeeding Quarter, commencing Lady Day 1852, and ending Michaelmas 1852— (Nine Months). Name and Title OF The Establishment. Lady-day Quarter. 1852. Midsummer Quarter. 1852. Michaelmas Quarter. 1852. Total Receipts in nine months. 1852. Metropolis. £. s. d. £. s. d £. s. d. £. s. d. The Model, Whitechapel, . 547 4 3 805 0 9 1010 17 5 2363 2 5 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, . 782 19 3 1124 9 9 1126 18 2 3034 7 2 St. Mary-le-bone, .... 382 4 1 740 1 2 1040 2 11 2162 8 2 St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster, 246 4 6 503 14 1 803 2 9 1553 1 4 Greenwich, ..... 107 4 0 256 7 3 508 9 9 872 1 0 St. James, Westminster, . . ) (Opened June 12th,) ) 79 10 11 620 15 9 700 6 8 Poplar, (Opened July 19f/i,) 280 8 0 280 8 0 Totals, 2065 16 1 3509 3 11 5390 14 9 10,965 14 9 Country. Liverpool,— ^Cornwallis Street, 241 12 3 470 13 11 643 18 3 1356 4 5 Paul Street, 107 12 6 180 15 10 299 15 11 588 4 3 Hull, 122 7 10 189 19 9 256 6 7 568 14 2 Bristol, . . 127 17 9 169 0 7 210 19 2 507 17 6 Preston, ...... 60 8 4 96 15 0 174 17 6 332 0 10 Birmingham, ..... 146 3 8 421 3 10 834 19 11 1402 7 5 Maidstone, (Opened May 24th,) . 67 0 8 151 5 2 218 5 10 * The Wash-houses at the Cornwallis Street Establishment are not yet completed.
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