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St Giles (Camberwell) 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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the present front. The present entrances can be used, one
for men's baths, the other for women's baths. The entrance
to the Wash-houses should be from the Willowbrook road
to the new building at Q on plan. If desired there might
be a first and second-class entrance for men, a second
entrance being provided in the prolongation of the building
A which I suggest should be erected at R. The buildings at
R,Q, and O should be so constructed, with reference to the
existing front, as to give a uniform and agreeable
elevation.
Question No. 6:—
To what extent the materials at present forming part
of the premises will be available for such alterations.
Answer:—
It will be necessary to remove the wooden floors from
the swimming bath room. The sloping floors in the rooms
•suggested to be used for ironing and drying rooms can be
lowered to a proper level by altering the piers beneath
them. This will be an awkward job. Hence it is only
where it Avill be unnecessary to remove the floors that they
will be of any value except as old material. The bricks
from the walls, which I suggest should be removed to throw
two or more rooms into one, can be used again in the new
constructions suggested.
Question No. 7:—
Whether the warming apparatus and boilers on the
premises could be utilised, and to what extent.
Answer:—
The boilers of the present warming apparatus being