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The matter will now be proceeded with and tenders invited
for the work, and an agreement will be completed between the
Council and the London County Council.)
Slipper Baths. Use of by Unemployed Persons and Old Age Pensioners.
In the report of the District Auditor on the accounts of the
Council for the year ended March 31st, 1930, attention was drawn
to the question of reviewing the arrangements whereby the free
use of slipper baths had been granted to unemployed persons. It
was pointed out that such an arrangement appeared to be at variance
with the regulations comprised in the relevant by-laws and scales
of charges in force in the Borough, and it was suggested that
consideration should be given to the expediency of bringing the
future position in this respect into conformity with the requirements
of the general statutory provisions controlling the administration
of the service.
The Council on January 18th, 1922, decided to grant during
their pleasure the free use of slipper baths to unemployed persons,
subject to the following conditions being observed, namely :—
(a) The free use of two of the slipper baths at each of the
public baths to be granted on weekdays up to 6 p.m. except
on Saturdays, to bona-fide male applicants residing in the
borough who are unemployed, upon production of their
receipt cards for their unemployment books and of their
National Health Insurance Cards.
(b) The baths to be used shall be those for which the
ordinary charge is 4d. each person.
(c) The privilege hereby granted is to remain in force only
during the pleasure of the Public Service Committee.
The Public Service Committee gave careful consideration to
the question raised by the District Auditor, and were of opinion
that the present practice of permitting the free use of the slipper
baths to unemployed persons should be discontinued, and that
each unemployed person should in the future be required to pay
the sum of 1d. for a bath.
They also had before them the reference from the Council
of a proposal in favour of Old Age Pensioners being permitted to
use the Council's slipper baths free of charge. They were not in
favour of this proposal, but raised no objection to Old Age Pensioners
being permitted to use certain of the slipper baths on
payment of the sum of 1d. for each bath.
It was accordingly resolved on December 10th, 1930, that
during the pleasure of the Council, unemployed persons of both
sexes residing in the Borough should be permitted to use certain of
the Council's slipper baths at the rate of 1d. for each bath, subject to
the conditions set out in the preamble. Also that during the
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