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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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181 [1900
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.
| Swimming Baths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathers. | Hornsey Road. | Caledonian Road. | Tibberton Square. | Total. | ||
| Public. | 1st class | Males | 46,530 | 14,718 | 12,360 | 73,608 |
| Females | 5,999 | 1,026 | 1,372 | 8,397 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 39,975 | 38,411 | 30,602 | 108,988 | |
| Females | 5,283 | 3,455 | 4,158 | 12,896 | ||
| Schools. | 1st class | Boys | 9,696 | 3,177 | 1,108 | 13,981 |
| Girls | 1,708 | 282 | 44 | 2,034 | ||
| 2nd class | Boys | 33,756 | 39,173 | 32,883 | 105,812 | |
| Girls | 14,161 | 13,759 | 10,024 | 37,944 | ||
| Totals | 177,108 | 114,001 | 92,551 | 363,650 | ||
| Private (Slipper) Baths. | ||||||
| 1st class | Males | * 29,673 | 18,343 | 15,303 | 63,319 | |
| Females | 4,065 | 1,746 | 2,313 | 8,124 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 45,451 | 53,642 | 49,354 | 148,447 | |
| Females | 17,622 | 17,168 | 19,853 | 54,643 | ||
| Totals | 96,811 | 90,899 | 86,823 | 274,533 | ||
| Washhouses. | ||||||
| Washers | 26,397 | 47,192 | 73,362 | 146,951 | ||
| Total Persons Using each Establishment. | ||||||
| Total persons using each establishment in 1900 | 280,316 | 252,092 | 252,736 | 785,144 | ||