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PUBLIC BATHS.
The following are the Public Baths in the Borough of St. Pancras:—
Whitfield Baths, opened in 1878. Situated in Whitfield Place,
Tottenham Court Road. Standing upon an area of about 11,500
square feet. Comprising two swimming baths, namely,
First Class swimming Bath, water area 87 feet by 30 feet.
Second ,, ,, ,, „ „ 57 feet by 21 feet.
(Both open on Wednesdays for Women.)
Slipper baths for men, 33 first class and 57 second.
,, ,, women, 8 ,, ,, 10 second.
Shower Baths, 3
Public Washhouse with 75 compartments and 58 drying horses.
Kihg Street Baths, opened in 18b8. Situated in King Street, High
Street, Camden Town. Standing upon an area of about 11,000
square feet. Comprising two swimming baths, namely,
First Cless Swimming Bath, water area 57 ft. by 21 ft.
Second „ „ „ „ „ 57 ft. by 21 ft.
(Both open on Thursdays for Women.)
Slipper baths for men, '25 first class and 56 second.
„ ,, women, 8 „ „ 10 second.
Shower Baths, 3.
Public Washhouse with 54 compartments and 47 drying horses.
Prince of Wales Baths, opened in 1901. Situated in Prince of
Wales Road, Kentish Town. Standing upon an area of about
33,000 square feet. Comprising four swimming baths, namely,
First Class Mens' Swimming Bath, water area about 100 ft. by 35 ft.
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First Class Women's „ „ „ 75 ft. by 25 ft.
Second „ „ „ „ „ 50 ft. by 25 ft.
Slipper baths for men, 30 first class and 65 second.
„ „ women, 10 „ „ ,, 25 second.
Public Washhouse with 50 compartments, 50 drying horses, mangling
room, waiting room, and creche, refreshment rooms and administrative
department.
§ DWELLINGS.
House-to-House Inspections.—The 31 houses inspected from hou«e to house
represents the houses so inspected by District Inspectors, but the number of
tenement houses visited from house to house by the Tenement House Inspectors
is much greater.
Tenement Houses.—The method adopted for the inspection of this class of
houses has been to select the streets in which the houses are known to be
sublet in separate dwellings, for convenience termed Tenement Streets. From
house to house in these Tenement Streets inquiries have been made as to the
mode of occupation, that is, as to the number of dwellings or families in
each house and the number of rooms occupied by each family. When the
View Sub-Committee of the Public Health Committee has been called together
lists have been placed before them of those streets in which the houses have
been ascertained to contain over 50 one and two room dwellings in every 100
of the total number of dwellings in the street, that is to say, over 50 per cent,
of one and two room dwellings. The View Sub-Committee after viewing