View report page

Baths.
(Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.)
The addresses of the applicants were as follows :—
Males from Salvation Army Shelter ... 4,300
Do. Lodging Houses in the Borough 2,591
Females from Shaftesbury Institute ... 460
Do. Church Army ... .. 230
Do. with no addresses... ... ... 1,284
Totals 8,865
prefer to take advantage of the hospitality of their friends; this,
from a public health point of view, is unfortunate, but admits of
no remedy, since the system is voluntary. The baths have been
in full operation and had to be increased in number in the early
part of the year. It reflects no small credit on the management
that with only 11 baths (three for men, three for women, and five
for children) so much cleansing has been effected. Should the
proposed compulsory cleansing of filthy persons become law,
the appliances at Grove Road will be in this Borough available.
The report of the Matron, Miss Kilgallin, gives details as
to the shelter and baths as follows:—
27, Grove Road, N.W.,
January, 1907
To the Medical Officer of Health.
SIR,
I beg to submit the following report of works for the year
ending 1906:—
The Shelter.
The shelter was used 16 days during the year ending 31st
December, 1906, accommodating for various periods 15 Adults
and 6 Children.