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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
Marylebone 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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now constituted, the cleansing baths cons1st of 2 baths for
males, and 2 baths for females. The water is heated by steam
at a high temperature supplied by a Cornish boiler. The clothes,
while the bathers are in the baths, are disinfected by a hot air
apparatus.
During 1903, as the following return compiled by Miss
Kilgallin shows, no less than 6,170 separate baths were given.
In a good proportion of cases, the bathers are found to be
suffering from contagious skin diseases, and to be in a most
offensive state generally. The disinfection of the clothing
and bathing, not only is a protection to the public, but a
great source of relief to the sufferers themselves.
ST. MARYLEBONE BATHS, RICHMOND STREET,
EDGWARE ROAD.
CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT, 1897.
The addresses given of the applicants were as follows:—
| Males from Salvation Army Shelter | 4,876 |
| Males from Lodging Houses in Parish | 639 |
| Females from Shaftesbury Institute | 400 |
| Females from Private addresses | 14 |
| Females with no addresses | 241 |
| Total | 6,170 |
The addresses given of the applicants were as follows:—
| Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1-30 | 406 | 13 |
| Feb. 2-21 | 358 | 1*5 |
| (Closed 8 working days for New Baths). | ||
| Mar. 4-31 | 416 | 27 |
| April 1-30 | 364 | 31 |
| May 1-30 | 359 | 31 |
| I une 2-30 | 420 | 33 |
| (Closed 2 working days for Boiler Inspecting). | ||
| July 1-31 | 531 | 70 |
| Aug. 1-31 | 576 | 7° |
| Sept. 3-30 | 560 | 93 |
| Oct. 1-30 | 534 | |
| (Closed 1½ working days for repairs). | ||
| Nov. 2-30 | 492 | 87 |
| Dec. 1-31 | 499 | 78 |
| 5,515 | 655 | |
(Total number from 2nd March, 1898, to 31st December,
1903, 26,065).