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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1914
Table W.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.
Table showing the Number of Persons using the Swimming Baths, Private Baths, and the Washhouses during 1914.
| Swimming Baths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathers. | Caledonian Road. | Hornsey Road | Essex Road. | Totals. | ||
| Public. | 1st class | Males | *16,288 | *38,436 | *18,251 | *72,975 |
| Females | 1,212 | 21,737 | 2,065 | 25,014 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 19,321 | 25,139 | 18,186 | 62,646 | |
| Females | 5,642 | 8,869 | 5,219 | 19,730 | ||
| Schools. | 1st class | Boys | ... | 4,592 | 308 | 4,900 |
| Girls | ... | 5,266 | ... | 5,266 | ||
| 2nd class | Boys | 35.782 | 44,968 | 47,520 | 128,270 | |
| Girls | 23,450 | 31.417 | 24,617 | 79,484 | ||
| Totals | 101,695 | 180,424 | 116,166 | 398,285 | ||
| Private (Slipper Baths.) | ||||||
| 1st class | Males | 15,661 | 33483 | 16,600 | 65,744 | |
| Females | I,6ll | 6,745 | 2,408 | 10,764 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 47,089 | 58,392 | 57,752 | 163,233 | |
| Females | 22,029 | 34,577 | 27,891 | 84,497 | ||
| Totals | 86,390 | 133,197 | 104,651 | 324,238 | ||
| Washhouses. | ||||||
| Washers | 29,036 | 26,813 | 37,511 | 93,360 | ||
| Total Persons using the Establishments. | ||||||
| Total admissions at each establishment in 1914 | 217,121 | 340,434 | 258,328 | 815,883 | ||
* Territorials, admitted free to the swimming baths, are included in these numbers,
viz. :—Caledonian Road, 5,658 : Hornsey Road, 35 ; Essex Road, 1,901 ; a total of 7,594.