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I79. The Baths and Washhouses Committee considered the
subject of providing a washhouse for the use of the
inhabitants of the immediate neighborhood on the
site in White's Square, Clapham, which was purchased by the
Council with the view of providing baths. It was found that the
scheme could not be carried out for less than £1,000 for the
building and necessary machinery for washing and drying, and
the Council decided not to proceed with it.
Proposed
Washhouse
at Clapham.
180. The provision of baths at Clapham which the Council
had under consideration when the last annual report
was published has received further consideration.
An Inquiry was held by the Local Government Board into the
Council's application for sanction to a loan of £5,000 to defray
the cost of erecting and fitting up the baths. Tenders were invited
in alternative form for carrying out the work; 41 tenders
were received for the building and 19 for the engineering work.
Upon the tenders being considered by the Council it was decided,
as the cost of the designs as shewn by the tenders was so greatly
in excess of the approved estimates, not to proceed further with
them.
Clapham
Baths.
181. As stated in the last annual report the Council decided
to erect baths on the site of the Vestry Hall. The
sanction of the Treasury has been obtained to the
appropriation of the site and the Local Government Board having
held a Public Inquiry granted the application of the Council for a
loan of £6,250 for the purpose of erecting and fitting up the
baths.
Tooting
Baths.
182. The principal front of the baths will face The Broadway,
the building being set back to a proposed improvement line; Garratt
Lane at the side of the baths will be widened to 40 feet, and
the buildings set back to a line of frontage agreed to by the
London County Council.
183. The proposed building will provide the following accommodation,
viz.:—ten first-class and ten second-class spray baths
for men, boiler house and offices on the ground floor; eight secondclass
slipper baths for women, and an office for the rate collector
on the first floor, and superintendent's apartments on the second
floor. Land is reserved in the rear for future extension, if