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Department, and to this I attach very considerable importance.
It has been provided certainly by each competitor,
but in only two cases is it given where alone it
could be really useful by being on the Ground floor. In
other cases it is placed either in the Basement in a dark
tunnel or by a gallery over dressing boxes in Second
Class Swimming Baths, where it would be of little use.
Caretakers rooms are provided by each Competitor in
the building forming the end of Artichoke Row. and by one
of the Competitors rooms are suggested for a resident
Engineer in that part of the building which would abut on
Harvey Road.
The W.C.'s, Urinals, etc., required are fairly well
placed in all cases and entirely so in some, and have in all
cases top-light and ventilation.
Description as required in detail of the mode of
Heating proposed for the Baths, and the fittings and
Machinery for the Laundry are given; some much more
elaborately described than in others.
The amounts allowed in the several Competitor's estimates
being in five out of the six cases, from £5,750 to £8,000,
in the sixth case only £2,000 is described as included, but
either there must be some error in this or the sum would prove
utterly insufficient, and the estimate of this design might
have to be largely increased.
Attention has been given more or less successfully to
the possible use of the First Class Swimming Bath in the