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The baths were opened by the Chairman of the Commissioners
on the 25th June, 1892, in the presence of about
1,000 persons. Very many members of the Vestry testifying
their interest in this movement by accepting the invitation
and being present at the opening ceremony. Since the
opening the number of persons of both sexes using these
baths has been most satisfactory.
In accordance with the Act the Vestry approved the
scale of wages to be paid to the officers and servants
engaged in these establishments.
Advertisements were then issued in the London and
local press for the staff required, and numerous replies were
received. After careful consideration the Commissioners
elected Mr. John McCandie and his wife (of the St. George's
in the East Public Baths and Wash-house) as the Superintendent
of the Camberwell Public Baths and Wash-house,
and Mr. William Henry Johns and wife (of the Forest Hill
Public Baths) to a similar office at the Dulwich Public
Baths.
The Clerk to the Commissioners, Mr. G. W. Marsden,
having expressed his desire to be relieved from the
increasing duties of this position, the Vestry unanimously
approved of Mr. Charles William Tagg, of the Vestry Clerk's
Department, being appointed Clerk at £40 per annum, and
he was appointed accordingly.
Camberwell
Baths and
Wash-houses.
The Camberwell Public Baths and Washhouses
were, as reported in the last Report,
entrusted for building to Messrs. Balaam Bros., and have
now nearly reached completion, and will be opened to
the public on the 1st October next. The Vestry has