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males, 105,258, and females 14,540. The bathers in the swimming
baths in 1893-94 were 70,384; and in private baths,
49,414. The male bathers in the swimming baths were 65,319,
the women, 5,065. The male bathers in the private baths were
39,939, the women, 9,475. Taking both classes of baths
together, the patrons, men and women, of the first class baths,
were 32,151; of the second class baths, 31,264 ; of the third
class baths, 56,383. There was an increased attendance of
bathers of all classes of 15,522, compared with the number in
the previous year. The Commissioners, in their Annual
Report, state that "the amount received (during the year)
of the Vestry towards the repayment of loans and
interest, and to meet the expenses of maintaining the
institution, was £5,151," being somewhat less than in the
preceding year.
The Sanitary Committee of the London County Council,
in their report for the year 1889-90, stated that, having " considered
the question of the advisability of the Council being
invested with powers to establish public baths and laundries
in all parts of London," they had "come to the conclusion
that this was not one of the questions that pressed most for
central administration, and that it might be deferred until
district councils are created"; and with this view the Council
concurred.
PUBLIC SANITARY CONVENIENCES.
There are only seventeen public urinals in the Parish—a
very inadequate provision, which, however, is supplemented
by numerous urinals at public houses to which the general
public have access. Prior to 1893 there were but two sets
of public water-closets, both for the male sex only, viz., at the
rear of the Vestry Hall, and at Norfolk Terrace. Since then
about £1,000 has been expended in the construction of an underground
lavatory, with ample accommodation of water-closets
and urinals, in the Old Brompton Road opposite the Oratory.