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The above figures are given for the purpose of comparing the
Receipts and Expenditure with previous years, but a complete
Statement of Accounts, dealing with the transactions of the
Baths during the past fifteen months, is given on pages
47 and 48.
Notwithstanding the fact that £300 is paid to the London
County Council each year in repayment of principal of the loan
of £3,000, it is satisfactory to note that no precept has been
made on the Vestry, or charge on the rates, since January, 1894.
It will thus be seen that the profits from the baths have been
sufficient, during the past two years, to meet, not only this
amount, but also the expenses of management and the cost of
executing casual repairs.
Renewals and Repairs.
The expenditure under the head of Renewals and Repairs, includes
certain alterations carried out to the back end plates of
No. 4 Boiler, in order to minimise the grooving effect upon the
plates internally. New steam pipe has been fitted in connection
with the steam engine from Laundry to Boiler House.
As a matter of urgency, one of the defective girders, supporting
the roof of the Laundry has been removed, and a new principal
of improved pattern supplied. Particulars relating to the condition
of the girders is mentioned hereafter.
Condition of Roof.
The attention of the Committee was called, in the latter end
of last year, to the defective condition of the girders and roof
of the Baths and Wash-houses, and it was referred to a member
of the Committee (Mr. Wm. Iredale), the Vestry's Surveyor, and
the Engineer of the Baths, to consider the subject. They reported
that, having overhauled the roof and made a thorough
examination of the girders, it was found that, in the old building
erected in 1850, all the girders (with the exception of the new
o ie previously referred to) were in a very defective condition,