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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 1915
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Table E.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.
Table showing the Number of Persons using the Swimming Baths, Private Baths, and the Washhouses during 1915.
Swimming Baths.
| Bathers. | Caledonian Road. | Hornsey Road. | Essex Road. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public. | 1st class | Males | *14,185 | *25,704 | *15,348 | *55,237 |
| Females | 1,050 | 17,491 | 1,525 | 20,066 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 18,128 | 20,463 | 15,533 | 54,124 | |
| Females | 5,043 | 7,005 | 4,431 | 16,479 | ||
| Schools. | 1st class | Boys | ... | 4,717 | 319 | 5,036 |
| Girls | ... | 4,344 | ... | 4,344 | ||
| 2nd class | Boys | 32,619 | 39,174 | 40,298 | 112,091 | |
| Girls | 20,603 | 27,166 | 22,325 | 70,094 | ||
| Totals | 91,628 | 146,064 | 99,779 | 337,471 | ||
| Private (Slipper Baths.) | ||||||
| 1st class | Males | 16,132 | 32,055 | 16,773 | 64,960 | |
| Females | 2,154 | 8,587 | 3,087 | 13,828 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 45,315 | 50,604 | 53,286 | 149,205 | |
| Females | 23,891 | 35,605 | 31,775 | 91,271 | ||
| Totals | 87,492 | 126,851 | 104,921 | 319,264 | ||
| Washhouses. | ||||||
| Washers | 32,362 | 29,405 | 35,961 | 97,728 | ||
| Total Persons using the Establishments. | ||||||
| Total admissions at each establishment in 1915 | 211,482 | 302,320 | 240,661 | 754,463 | ||
* Territorials, admitted free to the swimming baths, are included in these numbers,
viz. ;—Caledonian Road, 7,890: Hornsey Road, 105; Essex Road, 5,807; a total of 13,802.