Volume 2

Health lectures for the people.

Date:
1883-1892
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Health lectures for the people. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    These baths were established at a cost of «£75;000 (including cost of sites). The working expenses, 1883, . £5438 Eeceipts, . . . 5428 Deficit, . . . £10 exclusive of interest, or of provision for extinction of capital charge, both of which fall upon the rates. Glasgow, with a population of 674,095, has four public baths and wash-houses open to the public, and a fifth is nearing com- pletion. During the year ending 30th September 1884 they were patronised by— Male bathers, . . . 327,196 Female bathers, . . . 10,184 337,380 The number of washings— Public, .... 30,735 Private, . . . . 11,182 41,917 Equal to 806 washiugs every week in the year. The private washings are done for private families by the washing-house attendants. For that year the Expenditure was, . . £7938 Revenue, . . 5891 Deficit, . . . £2047 The item expenditure includes interest on capital, but no deduc- tion for depreciation nor for diminution of capital charge. No charge is made for water. The four baths in operation cost for sites, buildings, and fur- nishings, £80,000. They contain 1855 square yards of swimming baths and 330 bathing-boxes, 141 hot baths and 264 washing- stalls. The baths which are nearing completion have 2 swim-